Button blanket
- Culture/People
- Tlingit
- Previous owner
- Axel Rasmussen, Non-Indian, 1886-1945
- Wrangell Institute, 1932-
- Previous seller
- Wrangell Institute, 1932-
- Previous owner
- Susan Barrow (Mrs. Henry D. Barrow/Mrs. H. D. Barrow), Non-Indian, 1907-1988
- Henry D. Barrow (H.D. Barrow), Non-Indian, 1909-1987
- Seller
- Susan Barrow (Mrs. Henry D. Barrow/Mrs. H. D. Barrow), Non-Indian, 1907-1988
- Henry D. Barrow (H.D. Barrow), Non-Indian, 1909-1987
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Axel Rasmussen (1886-1945, a collector and superintendent of schools in Wrangell and Sitka, Alaska); lent by Axel Rasmussen to the Wrangell Institute (a Native boarding School in Wrangell, Alaska) at an unknown date and presumably transferred to the Institute's possession with Rasmussen's death in 1945; purchased by Susan D. Barrow (1907-1988, a teacher at the Wrangell Institute) and her husband Henry D. Barrow (1909-1987, a ship captain) from the Wrangell Institute in 1945; purchased by MAI from Mr. and Mrs. Barrow in 1948.
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- Place
- Alaska; USA
- See related items
- Tlingit
- Clothing/Garments: Outerwear (flat)
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 21/1649
- Barcode
- 211649.000
- Object Type
- Clothing/Garments: Outerwear (flat)
- Object Name
- Button blanket
- Media/Materials
- Wool cloth, mother-of-pearl buttons, thread
- Techniques
- Sewn, appliquéd
- Dimensions
- 183 x 141 cm
- Record ID
- NMAI_226147