Northwest Coast Chilkat Blanket

Description:

Northwest Coast Chilkat Blanket, c. 1900, woven of mountain goat wool and cedar bark in pale yellow and blue against a black background, classic form representing a bear under water, wd. 59 in.

Reference: George Emmons, The Chilkat Blanket, Memoirs of the American Natural History Museum, New York, 1907, p. 367, fig. 560.
Estimate $35,000-45,000


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