Killer Whale Mask
Kwakiutl
Artist: Don Lelooska
Carved and Painted wood
Carved Portrait Mask
Kwakiutl
Artist: Matthew James
Carved and Painted wood
Wolf Mask
Tlingit Style
Artist: Ivan Otterlifter
Carved and Painted wood
Transformation mask: Mouth opens to reveal a frog.
Tlingit Basketry Purse
Circa early 1900's
Twined construction with false embroidery design using aniline dyed beargrass.
TLINGIT FISH OIL DIPPER
Carved Mountain goat horn. Carvings on handle represent Raven and woman being consumed by deity.
Feast Bowl
Kwakiutl style
Artist: Lavalle
Circa 1980's
Carved cedar with shell inlay. Used for serving food or fish oil during feasts.
Makah/ Nootka Trinket Basket With Lid
Cedar bark, sedge, bear grass with aniline dyes. Twined and woven construction.
Miniature Carved Totem Pole
Tlingit or Haida
Carved fossilized antler ivory. Depicts "old money woman", bear, and raven.
Potlatch Hat
Tlingit style
Carved and painted cedar potlatch hat with flying eagle. Four wood rings adorned with human hair at top.
Shaman's Oystercatcher Rattle
Tlingit style
Carved and painted wood rattle depicting figures on back of oystercatcher. Oystercatcher was an ideal assistant to the shaman, because it inhabits the zone between water and land, suggestive of the shaman's role between two worlds - human and spirit.