Chilkat Blanket

Tlingit

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Caption

Tlingit. Chilkat Blanket, 18th century. Mountain goat wool, cedar bark, caribou or whale sinew, dye, 53 15/16 x 69 1/8 in. (137 x 175.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Dr. James S. Waterman, 30.1443. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 30.1443_acetate_bw.jpg)

Gallery

Not on view

Culture

Tlingit

Title

Chilkat Blanket

Date

18th century

Geography

Place made: Alaska, United States

Medium

Mountain goat wool, cedar bark, caribou or whale sinew, dye

Classification

Clothing

Dimensions

53 15/16 x 69 1/8 in. (137 x 175.6 cm)

Credit Line

Bequest of Dr. James S. Waterman

Accession Number

30.1443

Rights

Creative Commons-BY

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