#chilkat

[arthistoryanimalia]

#WorldOrcaDay:

Chilkat blanket with Orca design, Tsimshian (Pacific NW Coast)

Twined weave; warp of yellow cedar bark & mountain goats' wool, weft of pure mountain goats' wool

Field Museum no. 19571 (photographed on display in 2022)

[eopederson]

Chilkat Islands, Alaska, 1974.

In September we shall be sailing through this area on a Transpacific adventure from Vancouver to Tokyo. I have not been in coastal Alaska since the photo was taken, though I have had a window seat on flights in that direction out of Seattle.

[coffeenuts]

[aspiringcanine]

I love all the chilkat fanart because yes I ship them, howevef I'm offering you this, davechilkat.

everything is the same dynamics between chil and Karkat, but Dave, he is their stay at home SoundCloud rapper husband they still love and support him

[thebigkelu]

Indian dancers at Potlatch, Chilkat, Alaska - Winter & Pond - 1895

[dailyhistoryposts]

Chilkat blanket, collection of the University of Alaska Museum of the North

[petsincollections]

Chilkat men with pack oxen on Chilkoot Trail, Alaska, 1897

Five Chilkat men pose with two heavily-loaded pack ox and a miner on the Dyea trail, also known as the Chilkoot trail. One man holds bunch of Evernina vulpina, "wolf moss" used in dying wool for Chilkat blankets

American Indians of the Pacific Northwest -- Image Portion

University of Washington Libraries Digital Collections

[harvestheart]

ABAYA'A SARAH MARTIN (D. 1963) Chilkat blanket c.1950-53

Wool | 205.0 x 123.0 cm (whole object) | RCIN 33026