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Dancing blanket
Button blanket
Dancing blanket
Tlingit or Haida
1865–80
Medium/Technique
Fulled wool; twill, embroidered with shells and mother-of-pearl buttons.
Dimensions
Height x width: 144.8 x 181.6 cm (57 x 71 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Mary S. and Edward J. Holmes Fund
Accession Number2007.498
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionOlive wool trade blanket with black stripes, decorated with figure of beaver executed in dentalium shells, red stroud cloth border with plaid center bordered with rows of export mother of pearl buttons, blanket loosely basted to black canvas.
ProvenanceDr. Bruce Ruddick (b. 1913 - d. 1992), Montreal and New York; May 1, 2007, sale, Whitaker Auction Co., Philadelphia, lot 219, to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 27, 2007)