Chilkat weaving is slow and detailed.
Each robe takes months to make with no written pattern, only memory and skill.
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A photo of two large fossilized, articulated skeletons, one of an enormous prehistoric elephant with large tusks shying away from the other, a large leaping cat with long canine teeth.
A photo of the entrance into a gallery with white temporary walls covered in framed colorful art of birds, butterflies and other animals. there is also a mural of birds in yellow and black on one wall facing the viewer.
A photo of a woven Chilkat blanket in yellow, black, and white, showing an array of Northwest coast indigenous art motifs, hanging in a glass display case.
My first trip to the @burkemuseum.bsky.social but not my last! #fossils #paleontology #birds #ArtExhibit #ChilkatWeaving #IndigenousArt
