Raven and Man. A spoon made of mountain goat horn, carved in two pieces, and decorated with haliotis inlays. Haida. (25 cm, NMM)
NMM = National Museum of Man, Ottawa

Haida ceremonial hammer. The soft stone is carved in the shape of a hawk with a whale in its beak. It is fastened to the wooden handle with cedar bark thongs. (68 cm; NMM)
NMM = National Museum of Man, Ottawa

Heiltsuk transformation mask. Closed, it represents a hawk; open, the face reveals its human nature. (68 cm; NMM)
NMM = National Museum of Man, Ottawa

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