Button blanket with diving killer whale crest design
date: label: Date created
content: circa 1900
name: label: Culture/People
content: Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl)
label: Previous owner
content: George Thornton Emmons (George T. Emmons/G.T. Emmons), Non-Indian, 1852-1945
label: Seller
content: George Thornton Emmons (George T. Emmons/G.T. Emmons), Non-Indian, 1852-1945
label: Presenter/funding source
content: Julius Carlebach (Julius Hirsch Carlebach), Non-Indian, 1909-1964
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; acquired by Lieutenant George T. Emmons (1852-1945, US Navy 1881-1899) at an unknown date; purchased by MAI from George T. Emmons in 1943 using proceeds from collection sales to Julius Carlebach (1909-1964; Julius Carlebach Gallery, New York).
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place: label: Place
content: Vancouver Island; British Columbia; Canada
label: Archipelago
content: Vancouver Island Group
label: Island Name
content: Vancouver Island
setName: label: See related items
content: Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl)
label: See related items
content: Clothing/Garments: Outerwear (flat)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 20/6177
label: Barcode
content: 206177.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Clothing/Garments: Outerwear (flat)
label: Indigenous Term
content: k'angextola
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Button blanket with diving killer whale crest design
label: Media/Materials
content: Wool cloth, mother-of-pearl buttons, abalone/haliotis shell
label: Techniques
content: Sewn, appliquéd
label: Dimensions
content: 130.8 x 162.5 cm