Lot Essay
This blanket woven in the so-called diving whale pattern. Samuel (1982 p. 41, no. 25; p. 43, nos. 28, 29; p. 46, no. 35) publishes three other versions.
VARIOUS PROPERTIES
A TLINGIT DANCING BLANKET
Details
A TLINGIT DANCING BLANKET
Chilkat
Woven of plaited cedarbark and mountain goat wool dyed yellow, blue and black with a black and yellow border surrounding a field with a mask in the center and various motifs representing eyes, ears, fins, wings and other elements with wool and cedarbark fringe, checkered tieoffs at each end
64½in. (163.8cm.) wide; 53in. (134.6cm.) long
Chilkat
Woven of plaited cedarbark and mountain goat wool dyed yellow, blue and black with a black and yellow border surrounding a field with a mask in the center and various motifs representing eyes, ears, fins, wings and other elements with wool and cedarbark fringe, checkered tieoffs at each end
64½in. (163.8cm.) wide; 53in. (134.6cm.) long