Chilkat blanket

Museum number:
2-30962
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Accession number:
Acc.1957
Description:
Black, yellow, white and blue design. Twisted cedar bark and wool warp, wool weft. Fringed.
Donor:
Louis Alan Welch
Collection place:
Southeast Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Southeast Alaska
Culture or time period:
Tlingit
Collector:
Aloysius J. Welch and Mrs. Aloysius J. Welch
Collection date:
1894-1896
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:
1965
Context of use:
Given by one of the chiefs at wedding day of A.J. Welch (of Welch & Co., Honolulu) and wife.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 92 centimeters and width 166 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Chilkat blanket, accession number 2-30962, described as Black, yellow, white and blue design. Twisted cedar bark and wool warp, wool weft. Fringed.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Chilkat blanket, accession number 2-30962, described as Black, yellow, white and blue design. Twisted cedar bark and wool warp, wool weft. Fringed.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Chilkat blanket, accession number 2-30962, described as Black, yellow, white and blue design. Twisted cedar bark and wool warp, wool weft. Fringed.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Chilkat blanket, accession number 2-30962, described as Black, yellow, white and blue design. Twisted cedar bark and wool warp, wool weft. Fringed.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Chilkat blanket, accession number 2-30962, described as Black, yellow, white and blue design. Twisted cedar bark and wool warp, wool weft. Fringed.

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