Can't get to the Totem Heritage Center in Ketchikan, Alaska? Explore their art with these essays and videos
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Dorica Jackson, Diving Whale Chilkat Robe
Dorica Jackson spent 16 years weaving this robe with an abstract whale design and fringe that would animate the movements of a dancer
Bentwood Boxes of the Northwest Coast peoples
The body of this box is made of one piece of wood carefully bent into its four sides
Tlingit mortuary and memorial totem poles
Learn about two types of totem poles from the Tlingit people of the Pacific Northwest Coast that memorialize individuals who have passed.
