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Button Robe
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Button Robe

Dateca. 1990
Object number2020.3
ProvenanceCommissioned by Judi and Arthur Rosenthal, New York, 1990s; to Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 2020
Credit LineGift of Arthur Rosenthal
Dimensions55 1/4 x 70 1/2 in. (140.3 x 179.1 cm)
MediumWool, pearl buttons, abalone shell
Button robe with shark design (Guulaangw gyaat'aad)
Kaigani Haida
late 19th century
Object number: 83.238
Kangextola (button robe)
Native American, Kwakwaka'wakw
20th century
Object number: 91.1.131
Dog salmon robe
Native American
ca. 1885
Object number: 83.232
Photo: Paul Macapia
Native American, Kwakwaka'wakw
ca. 1890
Object number: 91.1.8
Photo: Paul Macapia
John Yeltadzi
ca. 1890
Object number: 91.1.65
Catherine Herrold Troeh (Chinook, 1911-2007)
ca.1999
Object number: 2024.19.188
Catherine Herrold Troeh (Chinook, 1911-2007)
1972
Object number: 2024.19.189
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Dorothy Grant
1990 - 91
Object number: 2014.13