Wearing blanket in basic shape of a rectangle, with bottom side of rectangle in a shallow downward V-shape; long fringe from warp threads extend from bottom. Bilaterally symmetrical patterns fill the space, composed of abstracted animal faces and other zoomorphic design elements.

Chilkat Blanket

Tlingit people, Ketchikan, Alaska, Northwest Coast, Native American

19th century

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