Chilkat blanket attributed to Mary Ebbetts Hunt (Anisalaga), 1823-1919, Fort Rupert, British Columbia. Height: 117 cm. (46 in.) [1]
Chilkat weaving is a traditional form of weaving
practiced by Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian, and other Northwest Coast peoples of Alaska and British Columbia. Chilkat robes are worn by high-ranking tribal members on civic or ceremonial occasions, including dances. The blankets are almost always black, white, yellow and blue.
^"Couverture Chilkat Chilkat blanket" (in French). Christie's. Archived from the original on 14 December 2013. L'aspect atypique de cette couverture (l'absence d'écorce de cèdre dans les fils de chaîne, les deux rangées de franges, les broderies excentriques et les chevrons) fait la signature de cette artiste.
Chilkatweaving is a traditional form of weaving practiced by Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian, and other Northwest Coast peoples of Alaska and British Columbia...
see List of Indian reservations in the United States Chilkatweaving, a traditional form of weaving practiced by Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian, and other Northwest...
Chilkatweaving originated among the Tsimshian, and was retained by traditional Tlingit and Haida weavers in present-day Alaska. Ravenstail weaving is...
Archaeology and Anthropology (the Penn Museum). In 1905, she demonstrated Chilkatweaving at the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition in Portland, Oregon. In...
1891–1986) was a Tlingit artist, who is credited with keeping the art of Chilkatweaving alive and was one of the most celebrated Northwest Coastal master weavers...
playwright and author X̱ʼunei Lance Twitchell, scholar and author Chilkatweaving Ravenstail weaving Battle of Sitka (Tlingit Rebellion, 1802) Battle of Port Gamble...
She is primarily known for her skills at weaving customary Northwest Coast ceremonial regalia such as Chilkat robes and ensembles. She owns a public-facing...
and fashion designer. She also photographs and paints. She creates Chilkatweaving, including dance regalia, belts, collars, and earrings. Hudson identifies...
Kwakwaka'wakw artists. Chilkatweaving applies formline designs to textiles. Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian have traditionally produced Chilkat woven regalia,...
Canada. She paints and is a textile artist, specializing in Chilkatweaving and Raven's Tail weaving. Her work is in the collections of the Burke Museum of...
colours can be described as "[warp colour] shot with [weft colour]." The weaving technique can also be applied to other fibres such as cotton, linen, and...
armour, building materials, and canoe skins. They used cedar in their Chilkatweaving, which they are credited with inventing. They use the berries of Vaccinium...
frequently have expressed this in large wooden carvings (totem poles), Chilkatweaving, or ornate jewellery, in the 21st century, younger people are also...
poles, transformation masks, and canoes, as well as textile arts like Chilkatweaving and button blankets. Traditional Indigenous art of the Pacific Northwest...
materials in their weaving. Traditional textiles of Northwest Coast tribes are enjoying a dramatic revival. Chilkatweaving and Ravenstail weaving are regarded...
the University of Alaska Fairbanks Northwest Coast art Chilkatweaving Potlatch Ravenstail weaving, yeil koowu Totem pole Yup'ik clothing Bockstoce, J.R...
blanket as a symbol of her nation's legal traditions. Alaska Native art Chilkatweaving Native American art Northwest Coast art Jensen, Doreen and Polly Sargent...
Yellow cedar was the only bark used for the core of the warp for Chilkatweaving, due to its strength. Bark was cut and pulled as soon as the sap began...
singles is still used today in several cultures, such as with Chilkatweaving and Ravenstail weaving. In earlier practice of thigh-spinning, the fibre might...
revival. Chilkatweaving and Ravenstail weaving are regarded as some of the most difficult weaving techniques in the world. A single Chilkat blanket can...
learned Chilkatweaving from her grandmother Jennie Warren during the mid-1970s but stopped when her grandmother died in March 1977. She began weaving again...
Thlunaut to learn Chilkatweaving. Thlunaut was in her 90s. In 2005, Rizal published a book titled Jennie Weaves an Apprentice: A Chilkat Weaver's Handbook...
gathering and preparing materials for cedar bark, spruce root, and Chilkatweaving. Her artistic influence and knowledge of the art stretches around the...
weavers produced higher quality cloths with greater profit margins. The weaving trade was only partially mechanised before about 1830, and that even so...
Chilkat State Park is a 9,837-acre (3,980 ha) Alaska state park on a peninsula south of the town of Haines, Alaska between the Chilkat and Chilkoot inlets...
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