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Title	Small dance blanket
Subject	Indians of North America Indians of North America -- Northwest Coast of North America Indian textile fabrics -- North America Chilkat indians Tlingit Indians Chilkat textile fabrics Hand weaving Blankets Indian dance -- North America
Description	Chilkat dancing blankets were made for men and women to wear, or give, at special Northwest Coast occasions. With movement, the soft fringe would give the impression that the blanket was alive and dancing. Other Northwest Coast weavers held the right to weave this type of cloak, but those from the Chilkat Tlingit tribe were the best known. The twined piece was woven by a woman who followed a pattern board, usually painted by a man. The design on this piece was identified for 19th c. ethnologists as either a "standing eagle" or "sea bear." Preparing the materials and then weaving them can take many months. Woven around 1880, this blanket is very different, as not many blankets were made so small. Was it made for a child to wear? We don't know. Maybe it was made for sale to support an educational institution. One hundred years ago, payment for a blanket like this was enough to send a person to college or a missionary school.
Photographer	Kaveney, Wendy
Identifier	93.166.1
Collection	Artifacts at the Children's Museum of Indianapolis
Coverage-Temporal	19th century
Rights	This file is licensed under a CC BY-SA 3.0 license by The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis.

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Photographer	Kaveney, Wendy
Collection	Artifacts at the Children's Museum of Indianapolis
Rights	This file is licensed under a CC BY-SA 3.0 license by The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis.

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