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Naaxein (Chilkat robe)
Woven robe displaying a large bird crest design (perhaps a thunderbird, the emblem of the Shungookeidi Tlingit). The head of the bird (1-step structure) is at the center top and the beak is turned down over the mouth. The body, decorated with a stylized face, is at the center and is flanked on either side with the wings of the bird, inverted formline faces with U-form wing feathers. Below the body are the tail feathers, and below the wings are the four-clawed feet of the bird. Abstract formline designs decorate the side panels.