Title

Chief's Blanket with Bear Design, Totemism,Tungit Tribe, Pacific Northwest Coast Indians. Artist: Unknown.

Caption

Chief's Blanket with Bear Design, Totemism,Tlingit Tribe, Pacific Northwest Coast Indians. Totemism is a system of belief in which humans are said to have kinship or a mystical relationship with a spirit-being, such as an animal or plant. Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/CM Dixon

Reference

HRM19B84_258

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

53,5Mb (3,3Mb) / 14,8in x 14,1in / 4438 x 4216 (300dpi)

Keywords

pattern belief museum color colour colourful craft native Native American century image symmetry blanket artefact concept artifact chief American Indian full frame pacific northwest Patterned Tlingit North American Indian 20th century CM Dixon object Unknown Dixon CM traditional craft CM Dixon Mike Dixon tribal culture Pacific North West Royal Scottish Museum Totemism CM Dixon object