Northwest Coastal IndiansSouthern Alaska to the Columbia River

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Art Elements and Principles• Color

• Shape/Form

• Balance

• Repetition

Tribal Map of the Pacific NW

Northwest Coastal IndiansSouthern Alaska to the Columbia River

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Tlingits at a Potlatch1904

Sitka, Alaska

Northwest Coastal IndiansSouthern Alaska to the Columbia River

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Totem Poles

Kwakiutl Totem PoleThunderbird form

Alert Bay, British Columbia

Northwest Coastal IndiansSouthern Alaska to the Columbia River

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Detail of Tlingit Totem PoleTotem Bight State ParkKetchikan, Alaska

Tlingit Clan House,ReproductionTotem Bight State ParkKetchikan, Alaska

Northwest Coastal IndiansSouthern Alaska to the Columbia River

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Interior of Chilkat Whale Housec. 1895

Klukwan, Alaska

Northwest Coastal IndiansSouthern Alaska to the Columbia River

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Textiles

Chilkat Tunic1880Mountain goat hair and cedar barkTlingit

Northwest Coastal IndiansSouthern Alaska to the Columbia River

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Chilkat Tunic1875

Mountain goat hair and cedar barkTlingit

Northwest Coastal IndiansSouthern Alaska to the Columbia River

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Chief’s Raven RattleWood, 13 ½” in lengthTsimshian

Northwest Coastal IndiansSouthern Alaska to the Columbia River

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Masks

Kwakiutl MaskWood and pigment

Northwest Coastal IndiansSouthern Alaska to the Columbia River

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Haida Whale and Seagull Transformation Mask - closedc. 1860-80Wood, paint, copper

Haida Whale and Seagull Transformation Mask - open

Northwest Coastal IndiansSouthern Alaska to the Columbia River

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