The Northwest Coast and Arctic Gallery May 11, 2007

The exhibits in this gallery provide insight into the people living along the Pacific Coast of Washington, Alaska and British Columbia and in the northern reaches of Canada. Prints, baskets, masks and other wooden carvings demonstrate the way Northwest Coast art incorporates family history in its imagery. Visitors will see a full size dance screen painted, a button robe, a woven goat hair and cedar bark Chilkat blanket, several pairs of snow goggles made from caribou hoof, bone and wood, a full-size early 20th century walrus intestine parka, contemporary dolls and more.