Bear Panel Artist Unknown (Northern Coastal) throughout our history

throughout our history

This painting

they offered themselves to the land-based tribes as food by turning into salmon fish

they are often a guardian symbol whereas the larger human figures can represent a welcoming figure

domed head

Bear Panel Artist Unknown (Northern Coastal) throughout our historyIndigenous 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