Northwest Coast Button Blanket

Description:

Northwest Coast Button Blanket, 1920s, red and dark blue wool, two black cotton calico-lined neck tabs or tie-ons, double-headed raven crest outlined with 770 small shell buttons, with 234 other larger and smaller buttons as accents to the raven, red double borders also edged with 717 buttons (total of 1721 shell buttons),all hand-stitched, 59 x 68 in.
Estimate $2,000-3,000


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