The pattern, a painted board, was designed by the men and represented clan or lineage crests. The weaving, by the women, was on a single bar loom; the materials used were cedar bark and goat wool. It took about one year to weave a single blanket. Source: The Handbook of North American Indians,.

hilkat woman weaving blanket, Alaska

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The pattern, a painted board, was designed by the men and represented clan or lineage crests. The weaving, by the women, was on a single bar loom; the materials used were cedar bark and goat wool. It took about one year to weave a single blanket. Source: The Handbook of North American Indians,.

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