Dance Blanket with Diving Whale and Raven Motifs
Artist Tlingit
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
Completed Late 19th century
Country of Origin Northwest Coast
Category Textiles
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Chilkat Tlingit Southeastern Alaska, United States
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
Completed Late 19th century
Country of Origin Northwest Coast
Category Textiles
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