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attributed to the Tsimshian. The styHzed-naturaHstic design 

 blankets seem to combine traits from three earher weaving centers: 

 (1) the mountain goat wool blankets from southern Alaska; (2) the 

 highly developed art style of the Tsimshian (with its probable heraldic 

 significance); and (3) the cedar-bark cape weaving of the Nootka and 

 southern groups (which probably added the more rounded shape, 

 the plaited bands at the side selvages, and the very long lower 

 fringes, as well as the new fiber). 



The intermediate blankets show a gradual blending of design; 

 they are few in number, and though one at least is designated as 

 Tsimshian they are really of unknown provenience. 



