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Button blanket - Raven and whale | McCord Museum
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Raven and whale
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Button blanket

Raven and whale
Artist
MarkingsNon marqué / Unmarked
Date 1984
Medium / Technique Wool, felt, mother of pearl, abalone shell
Cut, felt, sewn and assembled
Dimensions149.5 × 178.3 × 4 cm
ClassificationCommunication Objects - Personal Symbols - Status Symbols
CultureIndigenous: Kwakwaka'wakw
Geocultural Area Northwest Coast
Origin British Columbia, Canada
Object NumberM2018.46.11
DivisionIndigenous Cultures - Historical Objects
CollectionMcCord
CreditGift of Rio Tinto

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