Coast Salish. Blanket, late 19th or early 20th century. Dyed wool yarn, cloth, 48 × 57 in. (121.9 × 144.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, X763. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, X763_PS1.jpg)
Coast Salish. Blanket, late 19th or early 20th century. Dyed wool yarn, cloth, 48 × 57 in. (121.9 × 144.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, X763. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, X763_bw_SL1.jpg)
Blanket
Arts of the Americas
CULTURE
Coast Salish
MEDIUM
Dyed wool yarn, cloth
DATES
late 19th or early 20th century
DIMENSIONS
48 × 57 in. (121.9 × 144.8 cm) (show scale)
COLLECTIONS
Arts of the Americas
ACCESSION NUMBER
X763
CREDIT LINE
Brooklyn Museum Collection
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Blanket with a red, white and blue checkerboard design. The yarn is commercial sheep wool. On July 12, 1911, Charles Newcombe purchased a blanket for twelve dollars from the wife of old Chief Billy Sepass of Skowkale. Its description -red,white and blue checks - matches this example. It was stored for many years in the Museum's Navajo blanket collection and was unlabeled.
Culin states that the blanket from Necombe was made from goat hair, commonly used along with the hair of a specially bred white dog and sheeps wool. However this one is commercial sheep's wool.
EXHIBITIONS
MUSEUM LOCATION
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CAPTION
Coast Salish. Blanket, late 19th or early 20th century. Dyed wool yarn, cloth, 48 × 57 in. (121.9 × 144.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, X763. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, X763_PS1.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, X763_PS1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2007
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