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, <em>Diving Whale Chilkat Robe</em>](https://smarthistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Screen-Shot-2022-03-17-at-4.28.08-PM-570x350.png)
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](https://smarthistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Screen-Shot-2021-12-09-at-4.25.50-PM-e1639088841757-570x350.png)
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](https://smarthistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Screen-Shot-2021-10-31-at-3.09.47-PM-570x350.png)
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.