Coast Salish Spindle


Cowichan (Coast Salish) spindle whorl with design suggesting a school of salmon, early to mid-19th century.
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Carved wood.

Photo by Walter Larrimore
©National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution (15/8959)

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Gitxsan Headdress

Gitxsan ceremonial headdress, 1860 to 1890.
British Columbia, Canada
Albino groundhog skin, ermine skin and fur, yellow-shafted flicker feathers, abalone shell, wood, cotton, iron, copper, and pigment.

Photo by Ernest Amoroso
©National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution (0/4334)

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Haida Hat

Haida hat with crest representing a dogfish, ca. 1890.
Spruce root fibers in a dragonfly weave.

Photo by Pamela Dewey
©National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution (9/8015)

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Heiltsuk Box and Cover

Heiltsuk box and cover, 1880 to 1910.
Attributed to Captain Richard Carpenter (1841-1931), Bella Bella, British Columbia, Canada
Carved and painted yellow cedar sides and lid, red cedar base.

©National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution (15/8974)

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Heiltsuk Clam Mask (Open)

Heiltsuk mechanical clam mask, ca. 1900.
British Columbia, Canada
Carved and painted wood, leather and cotton string.

Photo by Ernest Amoroso
©National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution (9/2227)

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Kwakwaka'wakw Sun Transformation Mask

Kwakwaka'wakw sun transformation mask, worn during the Peace Dance, ca. 1870 to 1910.
British Columbia, Canada
Carved and painted wood, cloth, copper, alloy, iron, sinew, and tanned leather.

Photo by Carmelo Guadagno
©National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution (11/5244)

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Makah Canoe and Figures

Makah model canoe and figures, ca. 1900.
Made by Young Doctor.
Washington state
Carved and painted wood, and fur.


©National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution (6/8874).

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Nisga'a Mask

Nisga’a mask, ca. 1850.
British Columbia, Canada
Carved and painted wood with abalone shell, hair, semi-tanned leather, tanned leather, iron alloy, and twine.

Photo by Ernest Amoroso.
©National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution (9/8044).

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Nuu-chah-nulth Women's Hat

Nuu-chah-nulth hat of a high-status woman, 19th century.
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Woven, painted cedar bark, trade cloth, dentalium shell. Photo by Walter Larrimore. ©National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution (0/8608).

Photo by Walter Larrimore
©National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution (0/8608).

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Nuxalk Raven Mask #1

Nuxalk mask representing a raven, mid-to late-19th century.
Alder, glass, vermillion, bluing and paint.

Photo by Walter Larrimore
©National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution (14/7487).

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Nuxalk Raven Mask #2

Qwaxw (mask representing a raven), mid- to late 19th c.
Dean Channe, British Columbia, Canada
Carved alder, glass, vermilion, bluing, and paint,(14/7487)


Photo by Walter Larrimore

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Tlingit Tunic with Fur

Tlingit tunic, ca. 1875.
Alaska
Mountain goat wool, yellow cedar bark wood, fur.

Photo by Ernest Amoroso
©National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution (19/9098).

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Tsimshian Mask

Tsimshian mask, 1880 to 1920.
British Columbia, Canada

Photo by Ernest Amoroso
©National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution (20/2325).

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