Northwest Coast
Containing objects from the Haida, Tlingit, Salish, Chinook, Kwakwaka'wakw, Makah, Nuu-chah-nulth, and Tsimshian cultures, the collection comprises over 400 works. Highlights include a Chilkat robe, Tlingit bentwood box, and a Kwakwaka’wakw frontlet.
Haida | Northwest Coast | First Nation
Argillite Oval Platter depicting a Shaman Figure in High Relief Transforming into a Dogfish (Shark)
after 1862, collected early 20th century
157.9.13874
Haida | Northwest Coast | First Nation
Argillite Carving of Two Facing Seating Anglo-European Men Pulling a Cylinder
about 1850
157.9.13876
Tlingit | Northwest Coast
A Bag Used to Keep Bundles of the Warp (goat wool and cedarbark fiber) Untangled during the Process of...
collected late 1920s-1945
159.1.14310a
Tlingit | Northwest Coast
Wall Pocket with Beaded Seaweed or Kelp Design (Fungi Textile)
about 1903
159.68.14506
Tlingit | Northwest Coast
Button Robe Depicting Raven Diving into Kelp Bed
late 19th century
163.22.15078
Tlingit | Northwest Coast | Rudolph Walton (Kaawootk' or Aak'wtaatseen), Tlingit / American, 1867 - 1951
Engraved Silver Mounted Ivory Tusk
1897
169.30.24701
Norman Jackson, Tlingit / American, born 1957 | Tlingit | Northwest Coast
Sharkman Mask
about 2004
2006.49
Preston Singletary, Tlingit / American, born 1963 | Tlingit | Northwest Coast
Tlingit Crest Hat
2006
2007.12
Nicholas Galanin (Yéil Ya-Tseen), Tlingit/Unangax̂, born 1979 | Tlingit | Northwest Coast
What Have We Become? Vol. 5a
2007
2007.36.2
Haida | Northwest Coast | First Nation
Argillite Ship Panel Pipe with a Spray of Foliage surmounted by a Dog or Wolf; a seated Anglo-European...
about 1840-1860
2009.3
Northwest Coast | Haida | First Nation
Anglo-European Male Figure (possibly a Missionary)
collected 1820-1860
22.3.1877
Haida | Northwest Coast | First Nation
Anglo-European Female Figure (possibly a Missionary)
collected 1820-1860
22.3.1880
Tlingit | Northwest Coast
Rattle in the Shape of a Tináa (Copper Shield), with a Bird Figure; sheishoox
collected about 1820-1860
22.3.1893
Haida | Northwest Coast | First Nation
Killer Whale Carving with Shamanic Elements
collected 1820-1860
22.3.1919
Haida | Northwest Coast | First Nation
Anglo-European Male Figure (possibly a Missionary)
collected 1820-1860
22.3.1941
Arctic | Tlingit or Sugpiaq (Alutiiq) | Northwest Coast | Western Arctic
Basket
possibly early-mid 19th century
46.17.9394
Northwest Coast | Sugpiaq (Alutiiq), Eyak or Tlingit | Arctic | Western Arctic
Bowl
about 1890
50.42.12482
Northwest Coast | Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) | First Nation
Painted Chief's Hat
probably 20th century
54.41.13168
Northwest Coast | Tlingit
Thunderbird Totem Pole Model (based on the Kwakwaka'wakw Totem Poles which belonged to Nimpkish Chief...
collected 1943-1959
987.35.26872
Northwest Coast | Tlingit
Thunderbird Totem Pole Model (based on the Kwakwaka'wakw Totem Poles which belonged to Nimpkish Chief...
collected 1943-1959
987.35.26874
Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl) | Northwest Coast | First Nation
Dancing Headdress Frontlet with attached Cape and separate Tunic
late 19th-early 20th century
987.65.26906a
Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl) | Northwest Coast | First Nation
Cape for Chiefly Regalia
late 19th-early 20th century
987.65.26906b
Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl) | Northwest Coast | First Nation
Tunic for Dancing Headdress Frontlet
20th century
987.65.26906c