Dance Blanket with Diving Whale and Raven Motifs

Provenance

Mrs. Stuart Smith, by 1942 [this and the following according to correspondence with Denver Art Museum, Apr. 7, 2022; copy in curatorial object file]; given to Denver Museum of Art, 1942 [DAM inventory RC-7-G; incoming receipt RX3502, Mar. 30, 1961; copy in curatorial object file]; by exchange to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1961.

Dance Blanket with Diving Whale and Raven Motifs

Tlingit

Late 19th century

Accession Number

86812

Medium

Wool and bark, dovetail and single interlocking, discontinuous weft, alternate pair weft twining; extended float twining, eccentric weft twining, and three-strand weft twining; main warp cut fringe; edges of twill oblique interlacing terminating in cut fringe; additional knotted fringe

Dimensions

176.1 × 138.5 cm (69 1/4 × 54 1/2 in.)

Classification

weaving

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Through prior purchase of the Kate S. Buckingham Endowment