Chilkat robe saved from eBay sale back in Southeast

The Sealaska Heritage Institute recently acquired a Chilkat robe believed to be a funerary object. (Photo by Elizabeth Jenkins/KTOO)
A Chilkat robe that was for sale on eBay has returned to Southeast Alaska. The robe traveled all the way from Texas, where it was almost sold to the highest bidder. Instead, Sealaska Heritage Institute welcomed it home.
A crowd packed the red cedar clan house at Walter Soboleff Building downtown: Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian gathered together. The ceremony beg