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Chilkat blanket woven from mountain-goat wool and yellow-cedar bark Tsimshian style, British Columbia The yarns were died black, yellow and green by boiling in solutions of urine, hemlock, copper and certain species of lichen, and were woven into…

Shale pipe, carved with figures and an umbrella. Panel pipe combining both Haida and Euopean-American motifs.

Shale pipe, carved with human and animal figures, latticed window in centre.

Panel pipes carved out of argillite, a dark slate, comparatively soft when mined which hardens after exposure to the air Haida style, Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia Made for sale to Europeans, most of the pipes illustrate sailors of the…

Shale pipe carved as a frieze-like scene of 7 gambolling figures.

Shale pipe carved with 6 figures, wheeled waggon and flowers.

Pipe made from walrus tusk carved in form of human head

Wooden figure painted red, black and green. Male, wearing handkerchief around head, green cloak/blanket over one shoulder and right hand resting on a walking stick. The style of dress and face-paint is typical and is good evidence for the appearance…

Model canoe, in wood, with crest bird painted on bow and stern in black and red paint.

One of two carved wooden spoons, with decorations in red paint.