For important social occasions, high-ranking individuals often wore prized items of clothing like this robe of mountain-goat wool and shredded cedar bark. The Chilkat robe takes its name from this sub-group of the Tlingit who specialized in their manufacture and trade. The design depicts a crest image seen from three perspectives ? front and both sides - symbolically wrapping the wearer in his family history.
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