Indians of the Northwest Coast
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This replica of an eagle clan hat was specifically made for the museum by a Tlingit artist. It is made of haliotis and human hair. (27 cm diagonal; ASM)ASM = Alaska State Museum, Juneau
This photograph of a section of one of the four house posts that supported the roof beams of the eagle's nest house in Sitka shows the legendary young eagle who helped a girl to survive after an epidemic had killed her clan. The girl later became the ancestor of the Kaagwaantaan clan, which made the four 200-year-old house posts available to the Sitka National Historical Park on a long-term loan.
Eagle's head on a totem pole in Kispiox. The pole is more than 100 years old.
A Haida chiefs speaker's staff. An eagle, a raven with pointed ears and a wolf can be identified on the stick. By gesturing with the staff the speaker could emphasize certain words or sentences. (92 cm, VM)VM = Völkerkundemuseum der Universität Zürich
«Four Clans United»: wolf, raven, eagle and killer whale. Silk-screen in the style of a painting in a drum. (31 cm)
Next to his house in Metlakatla, David Boxley has turned a shed into a workshop, where he spends his spare time working on his art. At the time we visited him in 1985 he was carving a crest board with the heraldic animal of his family, an eagle represented in double profile.
On this silk-screen created in 1985 in the traditional style - if that can even be said about this new art form, which is relatively new to Northwest Coast art - Tony Hunt has drawn three important heraldic animals. At the top is the eagle, his claws on the head of a killer whale. which is resting on a beaver.
«The Eagle and the Salmon» Silk-screen from Stan Greene in the form of a spindle whorl carving. The faces symbolizes the human essence of the animals.
