Chilkat blanket

Museum number:
2-10279
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.521
Description:
Blue and yellow, with conventional killer whale (?) design. Mountain goat wool weft, warp of wool-covered twisted cedar bark cordage.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Northwest Coast, United States
Verbatim coll. place:
Northwest Coast
Culture or time period:
Tlingit
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
November 1916
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Chilkat blankets (blanket types) and Chilkat blankets (wearing blankets)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
1916
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 1.68 meters
Comment:
Photo: 15-6026, 15-6010. Value $500.
Loans:
S1945-1946 #4: Winfield Scott Wellington (March 11, 1946–October 28, 1955), S1951-1952 #1: University of California, Los Angeles (March 15, 1952–returned by 1957), S1952-1953 #2: California Palace of the Legion of Honor (dates unknown), S1967-1968 #38: Design Department (UC Berkeley)/Joanne Segal Brandford (October 12, 1967–November 15, 1967), S1968-1969 #52: Design Department (UC Berkeley)/Ruth Boyer (December 2, 1968–December 5, 1968), S1970-1971 #49: Department of Anthropology (Wichita State Univ.) (November 24, 1970–December 1, 1971), and S1973-1974 #65: Oakland Museum of California (March 8, 1974–April 24, 1974)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Chilkat blanket, accession number 2-10279, described as Blue and yellow, with conventional killer whale (?) design. Mountain goat wool weft, warp of wool-covered twisted cedar bark cordage.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Chilkat blanket, accession number 2-10279, described as Blue and yellow, with conventional killer whale (?) design. Mountain goat wool weft, warp of wool-covered twisted cedar bark cordage.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Chilkat blanket, accession number 2-10279, described as Blue and yellow, with conventional killer whale (?) design. Mountain goat wool weft, warp of wool-covered twisted cedar bark cordage.

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