Naaxein (Chilkat robe)

Dateca.1880

Label TextThe design of this robe appears to replicate the painted image on the adjacent pattern board. Depicting a sitting bird, the wings extend out on either side of the central body, represented by a face, while the feet and claws are positioned at the lower central section.

Object number83.229

ProvenanceMrs. Edith Cross, Sidney, British Columbia; Michael R. Johnson, Seattle, Washington, until 1969; John H. Hauberg, Seattle, Washington, 1969-1983; Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington

Photo CreditPhoto: Paul Macapia

Exhibition HistoryHamburg, Germany, Donnervogel Und Raubwal, Hamburgisches Museum fur Volkerkunde und Christians Verlag, 1979. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, The Box Of Daylight, Sept. 15, 1983 - Jan. 8, 1984. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas: Carpe Fin, Nov. 1, 2019 - Nov. 1, 2020.Published ReferencesHaberland, Wolfgang, Donnervogel und Raubwal, Hamburgisches Museum fur Volkerkundle und Christians Verlag, Hamburg, 1979, p.69, A-30 Holm, Bill, Box of Daylight: Northwest Coast Indian Art, Seattle Art Museum, University of Washington Press, 1983, cat. no. 87 Selected Works, Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 1991, pp. 80-81 The Spirit Within: Northwest Coast Native Art from the John H. Hauberg Collection, Seattle Art Museum, 1995, pg. 60 Kirkham, Pat and Susan Weber, ed. History of Design: Decorative Arts and Material Culture, 1400-2000, New York: Bard Graduate Center: Decorative Arts, Design History, Material Culture, and New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2013, fig. 18.4, p. 441, illus.

Credit LineGift of John H. Hauberg

Dimensions66 15/16 x 51 9/16 in. (170 x 131cm)

MediumMountain goat wool, yellow cedar bark, natural dyes