Object Number | NA9226 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Tlingit | Chilkat |
Provenience | Alaska |
Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
Section | American |
Materials | Hide | Porcupine Quill | Pigment |
Description | Coat with dyed porcupine quill ornamentation. The coat itself is plain save for a decorative neckpiece and fringed sections. Fringe along the lower hem, where the sleeves meet the body, at the cuffs, and around the neckpiece are all wrapped with dyed quills in white, black, red, and yellow. Loose pairs of fringe wrapped with dyed quills are attached down the center of the front and the back and in an arc along the upper back. The neckpiece is entirely made of dyed quills in terraced and arrow patterns in white, black, red, and yellow. |
Length | 98.9 cm |
Credit Line | Wanamaker Expedition to the Northwest Coast; Louis Shotridge, 1918 |
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