Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
84.15.001
Accession#:
84.15
Credit Line:
Transferred from the Juneau Arts Council.
Object Name:
Shirt, Dance
Title:
Tlingit Dance Shirt, c. 1970s
Date:
1970
Description:
Navy blue felt shirt with orange felt at yoke, shoulders, cuffs, hem, closure cover. Decoration on back. Light brown felt fringe at shoulders, yoke, sleeves, side seams, hems & cuffs. Beaded decorations in floral designs on hem, cuffs, shoulders, and yoke. Beaded totemic design at neck closure cover and orange felt panel (9 inches x 12.25 inches) on back. Four beaded grey—green fish decorate back. Neck bound with blue cotton edging and closed with hook and eye. Light tan rayon cloth binds edges of orange felt at shoulders, yoke, cuffs, hem, and neck closure cover. Shirt is unlined. Measurements are from hem to neck & cuff to cuff.
Notes:
CBJ issued prop. #04602.
Search Terms:
Tlingit
Clothing
Textile
Native
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Tlingit Dance Shirt, c. 1970sTlingit Dance Shirt, c. 1970s
Tlingit Dance Shirt, c. 1970sTlingit Dance Shirt, c. 1970s