Blue Wool Button Robe
Tlingit
Northwest Coast
mid-19th century
Blue wool, red felt, and mother of pearl trade buttons
Overall: 68 7/8 × 53 15/16 in. (175 × 137 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Mrs. Charles Sheldon
50.42.12474
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Clothing: Ceremonial
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Northwest Coast
Not on view
Course History
NAS 10, ANTH 4, Peoples and Cultures of Native North America, Sergei Kan, Winter 2013
NAS 10, ANTH 4, Peoples and Cultures of Native North America, Sergei Kan, Winter 2015
NAS 10, ANTH 4, Peoples and Cultures of Native North America, Sergei Kan, Winter 2015
Exhibition History
The Art of the Northwest Coast, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Anthropology 25/Native American Studies 49, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, March 25-May 18, 2003.
The Commanding Presence of Images, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, 1989.
Provenance
Collected by Charles Alexander Sheldon (1867-1928), in Alaska, about 1904-1908; to his wife, Louise Walker Gulliver Sheldon (1867-1950), Woodstock, Vermont; given to present collection, 1950.
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