'Kangixtola - Gwa'ka'li'kala (robe)

ca. 1890

Native American, Kwakwaka'wakw

Commercial wool cloth, cotton cloth, and pearl button (applique)

64 x 73 1/2 in. (162.56 x 186.7 cm)

Gift of John H. Hauberg

91.1.8

Provenance: Micheal R. Johnson, Seattle, Washington, until 1973; John H. Hauberg, Seattle, Washington, 1973-1991; Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington

Photo: Paul Macapia

Not currently on view

Resources

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

Published ReferencesThe Spirit Within: Northwest Coast Native Art from the John H. Hauberg Collection, Seattle Art Museum, 1995, pg. 238

Holm, Bill, Box of Daylight: Northwest Coast Indian Art, Seattle Art Museum, University of Washington Press, 1983, no. 91, p. 62, illus.

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