Coat

NA9226

From: Alaska

Curatorial Section: American

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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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