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.

Coast Salish | Northwest Coast
Bow and Four Arrows
about 1841
13.1.579
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
Northwest Coast | Lott Family, Tlingit | Tlingit
Ear Ornaments
collected 1920-1937
159.1.14285
Tlingit | Northwest Coast
Bentwood Storage Box
after 1900
159.1.14292
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
Northwest Coast | Tlingit
Cedar Bark Neck Ring
collected late 1920s-1945
159.1.14317
Tlingit | Northwest Coast
Wall Pocket with Beaded Seaweed or Kelp Design (Fungi Textile)
about 1903
159.68.14506
Tlingit | Northwest Coast
Basket
collected 1899
159.68.14510
Tlingit | Northwest Coast
Button Robe Depicting Raven Diving into Kelp Bed
late 19th century
163.22.15078
Tlingit | Northwest Coast
Pair of Eel Shaped Silver Earrings
166.56.24804
Tlingit | Northwest Coast | Rudolph Walton (Kaawootk' or Aak'wtaatseen), Tlingit / American, 1867 - 1951
Engraved Silver Mounted Ivory Tusk
1897
169.30.24701
Tlingit | Northwest Coast
Seaweed and Foliate Pattern Child's Moccasins
collected 1898
170.32.24951
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 | Tlingit
Carving of a Hawk
collected 1820-1860
22.3.1872
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
Haida | Northwest Coast | First Nation
Carved Wooden Figure
collected 1820-1860
22.3.1883
Tlingit | Northwest Coast
Frontlet or Headdress Ornament (shakee.at )
collected 1820-1860
22.3.1891
Tlingit | Northwest Coast
Rattle in the Shape of a Tináa (Copper Shield), with a Bird Figure
collected about 1820-1860
22.3.1893
Haida | Northwest Coast | First Nation
Fishhook
collected 1820-1860
22.3.1907
Haida | Northwest Coast | First Nation
Killer Whale Carving with Shamanic Elements
collected 1820-1860
22.3.1919
Haida | Northwest Coast | First Nation
Hat (Xaad dajaangaa)
collected 1820-1860
22.3.1927
Tlingit | Northwest Coast
Stick Game
collected 1820-1860
22.3.1933
Haida | Northwest Coast | First Nation
Anglo-European Male Figure (possibly a Missionary)
collected 1820-1860
22.3.1941
Tlingit | Chilkat Tlingit | Northwest Coast
Chilkat Robe (naaxein)
about 1850-1880
40.15.12586
Makah | Coast Salish | Northwest Coast
Basket
about 1900
42.12.8510
Tlingit | Northwest Coast
Berry Basket
about 1900
46.17.9391
Tlingit | Northwest Coast
Basket with lid
collected 1905
46.17.9392
Arctic | Tlingit or Sugpiaq (Alutiiq) | Northwest Coast | Western Arctic
Basket
possibly early-mid 19th century
46.17.9394
Tlingit | Northwest Coast
Rattle-Lid Basket
about 1900
46.17.9398
Tlingit | Northwest Coast
Feast Dish in the Form of a Sea Lion
collected 1905
46.17.9576
Tlingit | Northwest Coast
Blue Wool Button Robe
mid-19th century
50.42.12474
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
Tlingit | Northwest Coast
Woman's Moccasins depicting a Beetle
about 1890-1900
985.47.26640
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
Northwest Coast | Tlingit
Bentwood Box with Lid
about 1880
989.24.27037