COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
Record
AMICA ID:
CMA_.1952.251
AMICA Library Year:
2000
Object Type:
Textiles
Creator Name:
Unknown
Creator Nationality:
North American; Native American; Tlingit; Chilkat
Creator Name-CRT:
America, Alaska, Tlingit people, Chilkat
Title:
Ceremonial Blanket
Title Type:
Primary
View:
Full View
Creation Date:
late 19th Century
Creation Start Date:
1875
Creation End Date:
1900
Materials and Techniques:
mountain-goat wool, cedar bark, commercial yarn
Dimensions:
Overall:
AMICA Contributor:
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Owner Location:
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
ID Number:
1952.251
Credit Line:
The Harold T. Clark Educational Extension Fund
Context:
The Tlingit people of southern Alaska are famed for their basketry and for their carved and painted wooden masks and totem poles. The Chilkat group used finger-weaving (weft twining) to produce colorful blankets that were worn as cloaks on important occasions. The design was first painted on a board by a man, then copied by a female weaver. The stylized animals of the pattern depict clan emblems, to be worn by a clan member. Thus the wearing of a Chilkat blanket proclaimed the owner's ancestry as well as his wealth and prestige.
Related Image Identifier Link:
CMA_.1952.251.tif
