Property from the Collection of Continental Insurance Corporation
A TLINGIT CEREMONIAL DANCE BLANKET, Chilkat
Details
A TLINGIT CEREMONIAL DANCE BLANKET, Chilkat
Fringe woven on cedarbark warp in mountain goat wool in ivory, black, yellow and turquoise with a crest pattern in the form of a stylized animal head, perhaps a bear with a mask at the top center, flanked by profile faces, two smaller faces lower center, sides and bottom fringe of twisted wool with cedarbark cores
63½in. (161.2cm.) long
Fringe woven on cedarbark warp in mountain goat wool in ivory, black, yellow and turquoise with a crest pattern in the form of a stylized animal head, perhaps a bear with a mask at the top center, flanked by profile faces, two smaller faces lower center, sides and bottom fringe of twisted wool with cedarbark cores
63½in. (161.2cm.) long
Provenance
Sotheby's New York, June 1985, lot 80.
Sotheby's New York, Dec. 1993, lot 185.
Sotheby's New York, Dec. 1993, lot 185.