NA-2506 An Early Northwest Coast Chilkat Dancing Blanket

Tlingit Tribe, circa third quarter of the 19th Century.

Masterfully woven of mountain-goat wool, the hair of the mountain-goat, and yellow cedar bark, with native pigments, this is an earlier example of the "diving whale pattern". This outstanding example of a 'Robe of Nobility' on the Northern Northwest Coast is extremely rare from this early period.

Provenance: From an old Canadian Private Collection.

Height: 52. in. (132 cm.); Width: 68 in. (173 cm.).

SOLD