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According to the Canadian Encyclopedia, "The Chilkat blanket, associated with the Chilkat (a northern tribe of Tlingit), was traded along the Northwest Coast. The blanket was made of mountain goat wool spun over a core of cedar-bark string. The men hunted the goat, constructed the frame on which the weaving was done and painted the design board from which the women, who did the weaving, took the design. The design often represents an animal (such as a bear), but is reordered and modified through complex principles. Representing the high point of weaving in NORTHWEST COAST NATIVE ART, these blankets are almost always black, white, yellow and blue." (Capitalized terms in the foregoing quote are topic links within the online Canadian Encyclopedia. The links are not active here.) www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Pa... The Tlingit are the northernmost nations in the Northwest Coast culture area. Their traditional territory covered virtually all of what is now southeast Alaska. In the collection of the Museum of Northern BC, Prince Rupert, British Columbia. I've complied with restrictions on the use of flash, and taken photos only when permitted by the museum.
Is this not a gorgeous, entirely arresting, awe-inspiringly beautiful peice? Thinking about pieces for this blog assignment, I was drawn to either taking a native basket or a blanket as an aesthetic art piece to look at. This will probably not surprise anyone who has seen the fiber-heavy leaning of my blog posts so far…
Beginning to weave one of the fingers on Clarissa's latest Chilkat robe "Egyptian Thunderbird"
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Chilkat couple, the John Nelsons, holding Chilkat blanket, Angoon, Alaska, October 1945. :: American Indians of the Pacific Northwest -- Image Portion
Nuxalk style robe with woven designs. The design is like a three panel distributive, without the panels. The designs are red, yellow and black on natural ground. There are three eagle representations and two thunderbird heads in the centre, a human figure (?) near the top edge and killer whale motifs on the sides. The checkered border along the ...
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Caption on image: Chilcat Indian Dancer. Alaska. PH Coll 413.Album 16.55b
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Sunset behind the Chilkat Mountains, Franklin Island in the Lynn Canal, Southeast, Alaska
Native curios [display of Chilkat blanket, baskets, masks, etc.].
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How is an apprenticeship different from a workshop or class? As I understand it, in the old sense of the word, “apprentices” would learn from a “master” artist craftsman by…
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