Sisters of the Stars, Bear Medicine Lodge National Monument

Eugene Tapahe

2020

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Truncated cone shape, the flat top showing the 4 wide (5/8") strips of bark used as a foundation. The weaving is double, the inside much coarser than the outside.
Chilkat Blanket Warp Bag, Chilkat sub-group, Tlingit people, Klukwan, Alaska, Northwest Coast, Native American, grizzly bear bladder, commercial cloth, buckskin neck, thread, buckskin point
Canoe paddle made of yellow cedar with cylindrical handle on top. Blade black. Handle has two back diagonal streaks of paint near end
Beaded bag with triangular shaped flap folded over opening, and shoulder sash with forked ends. Yarn tassels with cloisonné beads attached to bottom of bag, and ends of sash.