Dance Blanket with Diving Whale and Raven Motifs
Tlingit
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.)
- Genre
- weaving
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Styles
Tags
tlingitwool (textile)americasindigenousnavajosupernaturalfringedregaliagoat hairplant materialanimalsbark stripbirdwhalefringenative americantwiningbarknative north americanritual objectsravenknottingTextilechilkatHairdanceweavingart of the americas