NaXine (Chilkat robe)

ca. 1860

Haida

The central design area has been creatively interpreted as a whale facing downward, its flared tail bordering the top of the robe, perhaps suggestive of the last part of the whale visible in diving action. Facial features incorporated into the body design may reference gunaakadeet and the story of the man who wore the skin of a whale and achieved supernatural powers.

Mountain goat wool, yellow cedar bark, leather, dyes

55 x 67 in. (139.7 x 170.18 cm)

Gift of John H. Hauberg

91.1.79

Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, The Box of Daylight, September 15, 1983 - January 8, 1984

Published ReferencesAdams, Laurie Schneider, World Views Topics in Non-Western Art, McGraw Hill, pg. 102

The Spirit Within: Northwest Coast Native Art from the John H. Hauberg Collection, Seattle Art Museum, 1995, pg. 58

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