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Shark Button Robe

2007
Not on view
On loan to The Met
This work of art is currently on loan to the museum.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Shark Button Robe
  • Artist: Dorothy Grant (Kaigani Haida Nation (Yahguulanaas Raven clan), born Hydaburg, Alaska, 1955)
  • Date: 2007
  • Geography: Made in Tsawwassen, British Columbia, Canada
  • Culture: Haida
  • Medium: Wool, glass bugle beads, mother of pearl buttons, white heart porcelain beads
  • Dimensions: 55 × 58 1/2 in. (148.6 × 139.7 cm)
  • Object Number: L.2023.3.3
  • Curatorial Department: The American Wing