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CAS Anthropology Collections Database


Catalog Number

CAS 2024-0002-0003   CAS 2024-0002-0003; Textile
Category Textiles
Object Name Textile
Culture Tlingit
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County
Other Geographic Data Town: Sitka
Maker's Name Teri Rofkar
Date of Manufacture 2003
Collection Name N/A
Materials Yarn; Rabbit fur
Description Raven's Tail weaving of a land snail (Haplotrema), commissioned by the collector. Teri Rofkar (Snail House clan) is the sister of Shelly Laws, whose work is also represented in the CAS collections.
Dimensions (cm) Height = ca. 28.0, Width = ca. 33.0, Thickness = ca. 1.5