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Title |
Raven Button Blanket |
Object Name |
Blanket, Button |
Catalog Number |
2002.1.78 |
Creator |
Unknown |
Date |
1978 |
Scope & Content |
Item is a button blanket featuring a raven. It is constructed of red and and black wool and modern buttons. The button blanket is a ceremonial garment worn by Indigenous peoples of the northwest coast. This button blanket was gifted to Bill Reid by an unknown female Haida artist for a ceremonial pole raising in Skidegate in 1978. |
Level of description |
Item |
Collection |
Bill and Martine Reid Founding Collection |
Parent Catalog Number |
2002.1 |
Credit line |
SFU Bill Reid Collection |
Ownership |
Simon Fraser University Bill Reid Collection |
People |
Reid, Bill |
Subjects |
Blankets Button blankets Buttons (Fasteners) Ceremonial objects |
Search Terms |
Skidegate |