Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; acquired by the MAI gift shop for resale at an unknown date; transferred to the MAI collection in 1986.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- possibly Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl) (attributed)
- Previous owner
- Museum Shop, Museum of the American Indian (MAI museum shop/Book Counter), 1956-1989
- Object Name
- Button blanket
- Media/Materials
- Wool cloth, button/buttons, thread
- Techniques
- Sewn, appliquéd
- Dimensions
- 238 x 150.5 x 3 cm
- Object Type
- Clothing/Garments: Outerwear (flat)
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