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Button blanket


Dancing blanket
Native American, Tlingit or Haida
mid- to late 19th century
Object Place: United States, Northwest Coast

Medium/Technique Wool twill, appliqued; printed cotton plain weave; mother-of-pearl buttons
Dimensions Length x width: 177.8 x 144.8 cm (70 x 57 in.)
Credit Line The Heritage Fund for a Diverse Collection
Accession Number2015.901
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsTextiles

DescriptionButton blanket made from brown and black Hudson's Bay trade blanket with large appliqued Thunderbird figure in red wool and red wool border on three sides. Mother-of-pearl buttons outline Thunderbird figure and border with appliqued printed cotton furnishing fabric at center top.
ProvenanceOctober 26, 1979, anonymous (private collector, New York) sale, Sotheby’s New York, sale 4291, lot 333. April 24, 1982, anonymous (private collector, New York) sale, Sotheby’s, New York, sale 4842Y, lot 447. September 12, 2013, anonymous sale, Klein James Seattle Auction Gallery, lot 72, sold. December 9, 2013, anonymous sale (private collector, Colorado), Bonhams, San Francisco, lot 1140, unsold. December 2014 sold by anonymous collector, Colorado to Charles Moreau Gallery; 2015, sold by Charles Moreau Gallery to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 18, 2015)