Dance Blanket with Diving Whale and Raven Motifs by Chilkat Tlingit, textile, 1880-1900

Dance Blanket with Diving Whale and Raven Motifs

Chilkat Tlingit

Year
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.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago

Cultural & Historical Context

Classification
Textile
Culture
Northwest Coast
Period
Chilkat

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