Raven Panel Abalone Associated with strength and fierceness

Associated with strength and fierceness

Known from the stories of the Kwakwaka’wakw people

condemned to eternal hunger and wandering

for example)

This is the prototype for an outdoor lit glass totem pole that Douglas worked on with Don Yeomans (Haida)

Raven Panel Abalone Associated with strength and fiercenessIndigenous 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