Wolf and Moon Tile
Don Yeomans (Haida)

Edition /50Framed Dimensions: 19 ½" H x 19 ½" W x 2" DThe Wolf is respected for its strength, ag...

Edition /50Framed Dimensions: 19 ½" H x 19 ½" W x 2" DThe Wolf is respected for its strength, agility, intelligence, and capacity for devotion. Wolf is sometimes an agent of transformation and is a popular figure in crest, story, and shamanic art. Wolf is usually portrayed with a long snout, bushy tail, and prominent paws.

Bear Rattle
Artist Unknown (Tsimshian)

Bear is a dominant crest symbol. Bears are closely related to humans especially when standing on ...

Bear is a dominant crest symbol. Bears are closely related to humans especially when standing on their hind legs, bridging the human and non-human realms. Their strength and intelligence are universally respected and they are considered to be helping spirits of warriors. Bear is often depicted with a short snout, round paws, stubby tail and bared teeth.

Maquinna Hat
Artist Unknown

Long Life Giver Mask
Gilbert Dawson (Kwakwaka'wakw)

Killer Whale Panel
Ray Natraoro (Salish)

Edition /10Killer Whales are widely considered clan ancestors. Living in human form in undersea v...

Edition /10Killer Whales are widely considered clan ancestors. Living in human form in undersea villages, killer whales are often thought to be the reincarnations of great chiefs and are associated with wealth, unity and travel. Some prominent characteristic traits of Killer Whale are a rounded snout, blowhole, a dorsal fin, pectoral fins and a tail.

Raven Rattle
Artist Unknown

Grease Bowl
Earl Muldoe (Gitxsan)

Wolf Bentwood Box
James Michels (Metis)

The Wolf is respected for its strength, agility, intelligence, and capacity for devotion. Wolf is...

The Wolf is respected for its strength, agility, intelligence, and capacity for devotion. Wolf is sometimes an agent of transformation and is a popular figure in crest, story, and shamanic art. Wolf is usually portrayed with a long snout, bushy tail, and prominent paws.

Seal Head
Rod Smith (Kwakwaka'wakw)

These works are hand-painted and design features may vary.

These works are hand-painted and design features may vary.

Raven Headdress
Ken McNeil (Tahltan)

Raven is central to coastal mythology. As a culture hero, a transformer, and a trickster, his adv...

Raven is central to coastal mythology. As a culture hero, a transformer, and a trickster, his adventures at the beginning of time released the sun and the moon and brought the world into existence. Raven is identified by its straight beak and lack of ears or plumage on the head.

Mosquito Ladle
Ken Mowatt (Gitxsan)

The first image on the handle of the ladle is the mosquito with a human figure in his mouth and t...

The first image on the handle of the ladle is the mosquito with a human figure in his mouth and then continuing at the base of the handle, an eagle, wolf, raven, salmon, and frog with its protruding tongue. On the underside of the ladle bowls the design of a killer whale, the dorsal fin carries a human face and from the blow hole extends the fireweed. Inside the bowl of the ladle, the tongue of the frog continues. The frog's tongue encircles a red space that opens to the other side of the scu...

Salmon on Driftwood
Rod Smith (Kwakwaka'wakw)

Salmon is fundamental to all coastal peoples, and is a symbol of regeneration, health and life. M...

Salmon is fundamental to all coastal peoples, and is a symbol of regeneration, health and life. Many myths tell of people taken to the undersea world of the Salmon and return with secret knowledge and powers. Salmon have always been viewed as the life force for Indigenous communities. Salmon is often represented by scales, small fins and striated tail fin.

Eagle and Frog Totem Pole
Cecilia Adams (Gitxsan)

Eagle is one of the most important beings in the art and mythology of the Northwest Coast. It is ...

Eagle is one of the most important beings in the art and mythology of the Northwest Coast. It is respected for its intel­ligence and power, as well as its extraordinary vision, in both the literal and figurative senses. Eagles in myth are, likewise, usu­ally noble characters. Eagle is revered as a powerful hunter. Groups of mythical Eagles may gather for co-operative whale hunting expeditions, since, unlike the giant Thunderbird, Eagle is not strong enough to hunt whales alone. Eagle may ofte...

Raven Helmet
Alan Weir (Haida)

Raven is central to coastal mythology. As a culture hero, a transformer, and a trickster, his adv...

Raven is central to coastal mythology. As a culture hero, a transformer, and a trickster, his adventures at the beginning of time released the sun and the moon and brought the world into existence. Raven is identified by its straight beak and lack of ears or plumage on the head.

Cedar Hat
Maxine Edgars (Haida)

Protector of the People Mask
Jim Charlie (Salish)

Eagle is one of the most important beings in the art and mythology of the Northwest Coast. It is ...

Eagle is one of the most important beings in the art and mythology of the Northwest Coast. It is respected for its intel­ligence and power, as well as its extraordinary vision, in both the literal and figurative senses. Eagles in myth are, likewise, usu­ally noble characters. Eagle is revered as a powerful hunter. Groups of mythical Eagles may gather for co-operative whale hunting expeditions, since, unlike the giant Thunderbird, Eagle is not strong enough to hunt whales alone. Eagle may ofte...