Tunic with naaxein (Chilkat blanket) and leather panels
Tunic with naaxein (Chilkat blanket) and leather panels
Tunic with naaxein (Chilkat blanket) and leather panels
Tunic with naaxein (Chilkat blanket) and leather panels
Tunic with naaxein (Chilkat blanket) and leather panels
Tunic with naaxein (Chilkat blanket) and leather panels

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Tunic with naaxein (Chilkat blanket) and leather panels,

before 1885

Northern Northwest Coast
PU 5220

Information

Title
Tunic with naaxein (Chilkat blanket) and leather panels
Dates

before 1885

Medium
Two panels: moutain goat wool, cedar bark, pigments, and red stroud fringe; and deer hide with pigments, sinew thread
Dimensions
folded: h. 80.0 cm., w. 70.0 cm. (31 1/2 x 27 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Lent by the Department of Geosciences, Princeton University
Object Number
PU 5220
Place Collected

North America, United States, Alaska

Inscription
on bottom of leather and inside leather at collar: PU 5220
Culture
Native American, Lingít
Type
clothing, regalia, weaving, ponchos
Materials
bark, wool (textile), hide, sinew, pigment
Techniques
weaving, sewing
Subject
crests, abstraction, social status

Collected by Rev. Dr. Sheldon Jackson, in or after 1877; Given to E. M. Museum (Princeton Museum of Natural History), 1882-1885

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