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Exhibition History"Art Des Indiens D'Amerique Du Nord Dans La Collection D'Eugene Thaw," Mona Bismarck Foundation, Paris, France, Somogy Editions D'Art, January 21, 2000 - March 18, 2000.
"Art of the American Indian: The Thaw Collection," The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, March 2, 2010 - May 30, 2010; Minneapolis Museum of Art, Minneapolis, MN, October 24, 2010 - January 9, 2011; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX, April 24, 2011 - September 23, 2011; Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN, December 4, 2011 - February 12, 2012.
ProvenanceJ.P. Morgan, New York City; Robert Bruce Inverarity; J.J. Klejman, New York City; Jonathan Bober, Austin, Texas; Donald Ellis, Dundas, Ohio
BibliographyAdvertisement for Donald Ellis Gallery for the North American Indian Art Show in Toronto 16-19 November 1995.
Perriot, Francoise, and Slim Batteux, trans. Arts des Indiens d'Amerique du Nord: Dans la Collection d'Eugene et Clare Thaw. Paris, Somogy edition d'Art, 1999, p. 137, fig. 112.
Vincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.386.
Fognell, Eva and Alexander Brier Marr, eds. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection at the Fenimore Art Museum, 2nd ed. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2016, p. 430.
Fognell, Eva, ed. Art of the American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, NY: Fenimore Art Museum, 2010, pp. 126-127.
Culture
Tlingit
Chilkat Robe
Datec. 1850
DimensionsOverall (Including fringe): 52 × 72 in. (132.1 × 182.9 cm)
Object numberT0712
Credit LineLoan from the Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw Charitable Trust
Photograph by John Bigelow Taylor, NYC
Label TextTlingit men and women collaborated to make Chilkat robes, which were worn for ceremonies and special occasions. The technique is generally referred to as Chilkat weaving in recognition of the particular group of Tlingit women who excelled in this art form. Men painted approximately 2/3, one side and center, of the robe’s symmetrical design on a pattern board, women then used the board as a design reference when weaving the garments. They finger-wove the robes using complex braiding and twining techniques that allowed curvilinear designs. Chilkat robes are prestigious potlatch regalia. A diving whale, crest imagery that identified the ancestral lineage of a family, appears at the center of this robe.Exhibition History"Art Des Indiens D'Amerique Du Nord Dans La Collection D'Eugene Thaw," Mona Bismarck Foundation, Paris, France, Somogy Editions D'Art, January 21, 2000 - March 18, 2000.
"Art of the American Indian: The Thaw Collection," The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, March 2, 2010 - May 30, 2010; Minneapolis Museum of Art, Minneapolis, MN, October 24, 2010 - January 9, 2011; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX, April 24, 2011 - September 23, 2011; Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN, December 4, 2011 - February 12, 2012.
ProvenanceJ.P. Morgan, New York City; Robert Bruce Inverarity; J.J. Klejman, New York City; Jonathan Bober, Austin, Texas; Donald Ellis, Dundas, Ohio
BibliographyAdvertisement for Donald Ellis Gallery for the North American Indian Art Show in Toronto 16-19 November 1995.
Perriot, Francoise, and Slim Batteux, trans. Arts des Indiens d'Amerique du Nord: Dans la Collection d'Eugene et Clare Thaw. Paris, Somogy edition d'Art, 1999, p. 137, fig. 112.
Vincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.386.
Fognell, Eva and Alexander Brier Marr, eds. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection at the Fenimore Art Museum, 2nd ed. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2016, p. 430.
Fognell, Eva, ed. Art of the American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, NY: Fenimore Art Museum, 2010, pp. 126-127.
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