Robe

NA9486

From: Alaska | Killisnoo

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA9486
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tlingit
Provenience Alaska | Killisnoo
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Squirrel Skin | Quill
Description

A rectangular robe made of 91 rectangular squirrel pelts. Brown, gray, and white fur on one side. The upper edge includes fringe wrapped with white porcupine quills and shell beads.

Length 199.5 cm
Width 169.1 cm
Credit Line Wanamaker Expedition to the Northwest Coast; Louis Shotridge, 1923
Other Number 23 - Field No SF | 23 - Other Number

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