35 results for: Northwest Coast Native Peoples
Woven cedar bark Chief Si'ahl (Chief Seattle) style hat made by DeAnn Jacobson, 2019
Native American weaver DeAnn Jacobson (Duwamish, Suquamish), a direct descendant of Chief Si'ahl (Chief Seattle), wove this hat from cedar bark. Coast Salish tribes have used locally sourced materials like cedar bark to make weatherproof clothing for millennia. Such garments range in style from functional to decorative.
ID Number:2019.15.1
Date:2019
Canoe Journeys paddle made by Keith Stevenson, Muckleshoot, ca. 2020
Tribal Canoe Journeys is a celebrated event for the Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast. Participants travel and visit neighboring Nations in ocean-going canoes, usually made of traditional cedar material, but other materials and more modern techniques may be applied as well. Justice Bill (Muckleshoot/Tlingit) stated: “Canoe Journeys have revitalized our nations through travel by oceangoing canoes and the…
ID Number:2021.76.1
Date:Circa 2020
Miniature totem pole carving by John T. Williams, ca. 1990-2010
John T. Williams (1960-2010) was a seventh-generation woodcarver carver from the Nuu-chah-nulth, a First Nations tribe indigenous to the Northwest Coast of Canada. He grew up moving between Vancouver, Victoria, and Seattle. His grandfather Sam Williams came to Seattle around 1900, when the city had an interest in totem poles and Northwest Coast art (a pole stolen from the Tlingit…
ID Number:2025.38.1
Date:Circa 1990-2010
Miniature totem pole carving by John T. Williams, ca. 1990-2010
John T. Williams (1960-2010) was a seventh-generation woodcarver carver from the Nuu-chah-nulth, a First Nations tribe indigenous to the Northwest Coast of Canada. He grew up moving between Vancouver, Victoria, and Seattle. His grandfather Sam Williams came to Seattle around 1900, when the city had an interest in totem poles and Northwest Coast art (a pole stolen from the Tlingit…
ID Number:2025.38.2
Date:Circa 1990-2010
Portrait Mask, Northwest Coast hand-carved alderwood by Michael Halady (Duwamish), ca. 2024
The artist, Michael Halady (Duwamish), is a fifth generation descendant of Chief Si'ahl (Chief Seattle). Halady is a widely-recognized carver whose work has taken many forms, including scuptures and poles.
ID Number:2026.14.1
Date:Circa 2024