Dance Blanket with Diving Whale and Raven Motifs

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Culture

Tlingit

Title

Dance Blanket with Diving Whale and Raven Motifs

Place

Northwest Coast (Object made in)

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Made 1880–1900

Medium

Wool and bark, dovetail and single interlocking, discontinuous weft, alternate pair weft twining; extended float twining, eccentric weft twining, and three-strand weft twining; main warp cut fringe; edges of twill oblique interlacing terminating in cut fringe; additional knotted fringe

Dimensions

176.1 × 138.5 cm (69 1/4 × 54 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Through prior purchase of the Kate S. Buckingham Endowment

Reference Number

1961.568

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