Female Portrait Mask Wood and travel

and travel

Many myths tell of people taken to the undersea world of the Salmon and return with secret knowledge and powers

portrayed as a masculine form and viewed as the counter-figure to Moon

carry us in their bodies

and Kwakwaka’wakw

Female Portrait Mask Wood and travelIndigenous artwork on the Pacific Northwest Coast often incorporates figures and animals that are related to crest symbols. Crests have been passed down through families and have varying meanings depending on the context and association with a nation, clan, or family. The figures depicted in contemporary Northwest Coast Indigenous artwork also have varying meanings but there are some common characteristics from a range of sources, including oral