Northwest Coastal Indians

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Northwest Coastal Indians

• Southern Alaska to the Columbia River

• Art Elements and Principles
• Color
• Shape/Form
• Balance
• Repetition

Tribal Map of the Pacific NW
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Northwest Coastal Indians

• Southern Alaska to the Columbia River

Tlingits at a Potlatch 1904 Sitka, Alaska
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Northwest Coastal Indians

• Southern Alaska to the Columbia River

• Totem Poles

Kwakiutl Totem Pole Thunderbird form Alert Bay,
British Columbia
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Northwest Coastal Indians

• Southern Alaska to the Columbia River

Detail of Tlingit Totem Pole Totem Bight State
Park Ketchikan, Alaska
Tlingit Clan House, Reproduction Totem Bight
State Park Ketchikan, Alaska
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Northwest Coastal Indians

• Southern Alaska to the Columbia River

Interior of Chilkat Whale House c. 1895 Klukwan,
Alaska
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Northwest Coastal Indians

• Southern Alaska to the Columbia River

• Textiles

Chilkat Tunic 1880 Mountain goat hair and cedar
bark Tlingit
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Northwest Coastal Indians

• Southern Alaska to the Columbia River

Chilkat Tunic 1875 Mountain goat hair and cedar
bark Tlingit
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Northwest Coastal Indians

• Southern Alaska to the Columbia River

Chiefs Raven Rattle Wood, 13 ½ in
length Tsimshian
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Northwest Coastal Indians

• Southern Alaska to the Columbia River

• Masks

Kwakiutl Mask Wood and pigment
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Northwest Coastal Indians

• Southern Alaska to the Columbia River

Haida Whale and Seagull Transformation Mask -
closed c. 1860-80 Wood, paint, copper
Haida Whale and Seagull Transformation Mask - open
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Northwest Coastal Indians

• Southern Alaska to the Columbia River

Tsimshian Mask (Kispiox) Birch, 9-1/5 x
8-1/2 Portland Art Museum Portland, OR