Chilkat weaving is a traditional form of weaving practiced by Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian, and other Northwest Coast peoples of Alaska and British Columbia...
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see List of Indian reservations in the United States Chilkat weaving, a traditional form of weaving practiced by Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian, and other Northwest...
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Archaeology and Anthropology (the Penn Museum). In 1905, she demonstrated Chilkat weaving at the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition in Portland, Oregon. In...
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Jennie Thlunaut (section Weaving)
1891–1986) was a Tlingit artist, who is credited with keeping the art of Chilkat weaving alive and was one of the most celebrated Northwest Coastal master weavers...
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Chilkat weaving originated among the Tsimshian, and was retained by traditional Tlingit and Haida weavers in present-day Alaska. Ravenstail weaving is...
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Tlingit (redirect from Chilkat Tlingit)
playwright and author X̱ʼunei Lance Twitchell, scholar and author Chilkat weaving Ravenstail weaving Battle of Sitka (Tlingit Rebellion, 1802) Battle of Port Gamble...
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and fashion designer. She also photographs and paints. She creates Chilkat weaving, including dance regalia, belts, collars, and earrings. Hudson identifies...
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Kwakwaka'wakw artists. Chilkat weaving applies formline designs to textiles. Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian have traditionally produced Chilkat woven regalia,...
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She is primarily known for her skills at weaving customary Northwest Coast ceremonial regalia such as Chilkat robes and ensembles. She owns a public-facing...
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leaves. He was dedicated to learning about native traditions, such Chilkat weaving, bear hunting, feuds, and the potlatch (a large ceremonial feast)....
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Canada. She paints and is a textile artist, specializing in Chilkat weaving and Raven's Tail weaving. Her work is in the collections of the Burke Museum of...
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colours can be described as "[warp colour] shot with [weft colour]." The weaving technique can also be applied to other fibres such as cotton, linen, and...
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poles, transformation masks, and canoes, as well as textile arts like Chilkat weaving and button blankets. Traditional Indigenous art of the Pacific Northwest...
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armour, building materials, and canoe skins. They used cedar in their Chilkat weaving, which they are credited with inventing. They use the berries of Vaccinium...
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frequently have expressed this in large wooden carvings (totem poles), Chilkat weaving, or ornate jewellery, in the 21st century, younger people are also...
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materials in their weaving. Traditional textiles of Northwest Coast tribes are enjoying a dramatic revival. Chilkat weaving and Ravenstail weaving are regarded...
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Thlunaut to learn Chilkat weaving. Thlunaut was in her 90s. In 2005, Rizal published a book titled Jennie Weaves an Apprentice: A Chilkat Weaver's Handbook...
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blanket as a symbol of her nation's legal traditions. Alaska Native art Chilkat weaving Native American art Northwest Coast art Jensen, Doreen and Polly Sargent...
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Talim (textiles) (category Weaving)
coded plans that include colour schemes and weaving instructions. The term is used in traditional hand-weaving in the Indian subcontinent. Talim was initially...
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singles is still used today in several cultures, such as with Chilkat weaving and Ravenstail weaving. In earlier practice of thigh-spinning, the fibre might...
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Chilkat weaving uses complex techniques to produce formlines...
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revival. Chilkat weaving and Ravenstail weaving are regarded as some of the most difficult weaving techniques in the world. A single Chilkat blanket can...
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Yellow cedar was the only bark used for the core of the warp for Chilkat weaving, due to its strength. Bark was cut and pulled as soon as the sap began...
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learned Chilkat weaving from her grandmother Jennie Warren during the mid-1970s but stopped when her grandmother died in March 1977. She began weaving again...
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the University of Alaska Fairbanks Northwest Coast art Chilkat weaving Potlatch Ravenstail weaving, yeil koowu Totem pole Yup'ik clothing Bockstoce, J.R...
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gathering and preparing materials for cedar bark, spruce root, and Chilkat weaving. Her artistic influence and knowledge of the art stretches around the...
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multimedia artist Ellen Neel, woodcarver Willie Seaweed, woodcarver Chilkat weaving Transformation mask Hawthorn, A. (1988) p. 5 Hawthorn, A. (1988) p...
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specialised in finer linens, and bespoke weaving, sometimes of only one custom sized tablecloth, or the weaving-in of the customers own family crest, company...
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Dandy loom (category Weaving equipment)
weavers produced higher quality cloths with greater profit margins. The weaving trade was only partially mechanised before about 1830, and that even so...
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Chilkat State Park is a 9,837-acre (3,980 ha) Alaska state park on a peninsula south of the town of Haines, Alaska between the Chilkat and Chilkoot inlets...
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