Chilkat blanket

Museum number:
2-28871
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020028871
Accession number:
Acc.1953AF
Description:
Chilkat Indian blanket.
Donor:
Mrs. Harold Heath
Collection place:
Skagway, Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Skagway
Culture or time period:
Tlingit
Collector:
Harold Heath
Collection date:
1910
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:
November 27, 1953
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 1.72 meters
Loans:
S1963-1964 #1: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Vincent Evans (July 1, 1963–July 1, 1963), S1963-1964 #9: UC San Francisco Medical Center (September 3, 1963–October 11, 1963), S1968-1969 #49: Design Department (UC Berkeley) (November 21, 1968–November 21, 1968), S1975-1976 #9: Palo Alto Cultural Center (November 1974–unknown), and S1979-1980 #48: University of California, Davis (April 1, 1980–June 9, 1980)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Chilkat blanket, accession number 2-28871, described as Chilkat Indian blanket.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Chilkat blanket, accession number 2-28871, described as Chilkat Indian blanket.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Chilkat blanket, accession number 2-28871, described as Chilkat Indian blanket.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Chilkat blanket, accession number 2-28871, described as Chilkat Indian blanket.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Chilkat blanket, accession number 2-28871, described as Chilkat Indian blanket.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Chilkat blanket, accession number 2-28871, described as Chilkat Indian blanket.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Chilkat blanket, accession number 2-28871, described as Chilkat Indian blanket.

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