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.
Piction collections thumbnails
Argillite Oval Platter depicting a Shaman Figure in High Relief Transforming into a Dogfish (Shark)
after 1862, collected early 20th century
157.9.13874
Argillite Carving of Two Facing Seating Anglo-European Men Pulling a Cylinder
about 1850
157.9.13876
Tlingit
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
Rudolph Walton (Kaawootk‘ or Aak‘wtaatseen), Tlingit / American, 1867 - 1951
Engraved Silver Mounted Ivory Tusk
1897
169.30.24701
Jim Jacobs (Yéilnaawú and Kíchxhaak), American / Tlingit, 1846 - 1941
Set of Silverware (Two Spoons and Two Forks)
1867-about 1897
169.30.24702
Argillite Ship Panel Pipe with a Spray of Foliage surmounted by a Dog or Wolf; a seated Anglo-European...
about 1840-1860
2009.3
Tlingit
Rattle in the Shape of a Tináa (Copper Shield), with a Bird Figure
collected about 1820-1860
22.3.1893
Tlingit
Thunderbird Totem Pole Model (based on the Kwakwaka'wakw Totem Poles which belonged to Nimpkish Chief...
collected 1943-1959
987.35.26872
Tlingit
Thunderbird Totem Pole Model (based on the Kwakwaka'wakw Totem Poles which belonged to Nimpkish Chief...
collected 1943-1959
987.35.26874
Dancing Headdress Frontlet with attached Cape and separate Tunic
late 19th-early 20th century
987.65.26906a