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button blankets (Native American wearing blankets, <wearing blankets by origin or style>, ... Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name)) |
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Note: Northwest Coast Native American blankets with totemic designs outlined in buttons, often of abalone shell or pearl, used ceremonially to indicate status and power. |
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button blankets (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,PN)
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button blankets (Dutch-P,D,U,U)
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button blanket (C,U,English,AD,U,SN)
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button blanket (Dutch,AD,U,U)
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blankets, button (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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button robes (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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robes, button (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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couverture à boutons (C,U,French-P,AD,U,FSN)
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Knopfdecken (C,U,German,D,PN)
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Knopfdecke (C,U,German-P,AD,SN)
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mantas con botones decorados (C,U,Spanish-P,D,U,PN)
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manta con botones decorados (C,U,Spanish,AD,U,PN)
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Facet/Hierarchy Code: V.TE |
Hierarchical Position:
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.... Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name) (G) |
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........ Costume (hierarchy name) (G) |
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............ costume (mode of fashion) (G) |
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................ clothing (G) |
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.................... outerwear (G) |
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........................ wearing blankets (G) |
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............................ <wearing blankets by origin or style> (G) |
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................................ Native American wearing blankets (G) |
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.................................... button blankets (G) |
Additional Parents:
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........ Furnishings (hierarchy name) (G) |
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................................ blankets (coverings) (G) |
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........ Furnishings (hierarchy name) (G) |
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................................ button blankets (G) |
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........ Furnishings (hierarchy name) (G) |
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.................................... <blankets by location or context> (G) |
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........................................ shoulder blankets (G) |
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............................................ button blankets (G) |
Additional Notes: |
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Dutch ..... Dekens van Indianen uit het noordwestelijk kustgebied van de Verenigde Staten, met totemistische patronen uitgezet in knopen, vaak van zeeoorschelp of parelmoer; ze worden ceremonieel gedragen als symbool van status en macht. |
German ..... Decke der Indianer der Nordwestküste mit totemistischen Designs, die mit Knöpfen dargestellt sind, oft aus Perlmutt oder Perlen; wird zeremoniell verwendet, um Status und Macht anzuzeigen. |
Spanish ..... Manta de los nativos americanos de la costa noroccidental, con diseños totémicos delinados en botones, con frecuencia de abalorios de concha o perla. Se utiliza ceremonialmente para indicar estatus o poder. |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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button blankets............ |
[RKD, AAT-Ned Preferred, VP Preferred] |
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AAT-Ned (1994-) |
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Clabburn, Needleworker's Dictionary (1976) 44 |
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Drucker, Indians of the Northwest Coast (1963) 90 |
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Jensen and Sargent, Robes of Power (1986) located in Foreword |
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Personal Communication Dr. James McDonald, Associate Curator, Ethnology Dept., Royal Ontario Museum, 7/91 |
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Sturtevant, Handbook of North American Indians (1978-1990) Vol. 7, 94 |
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