Title: The Northwest Coastal People - Religion / Ceremonies / Art / Clothing
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Content: Masks in copper was a sign of wealth. Kwakwakw'wakw totem pole
Nuu-chah-nulth totem
Nuu-chah-nulth Chief's house totem
Totem poles at Kispiox
Painted Haida house post
Kwakwakw'wakw canoes
Bentwood box for storage
Painted Haida bentwood dish
Decorated bentwood box
Tsimshian frog carving
Haida gold box
Bear carving
Haida Pipe
Haida Raven rattle
Beaver mask
Haida Shaman mask
Nuxalk headdress
Haida copper mask
Haida Thunderbird mask
Haida frogprince
Tlingit Bird mask
Nuxalk sunmask
Haida transformation mask - closed
Haida transformation mask - open
Coast Salish moonmask
Coast Salish sunmask
Haida woman weaving
Weaving
Women were responsible for all the weaving, and they made clothing, mats, and bed sheets. For weaving the women used softened cedar bark strips or cattails, with coloured grasses to add colour. The materials were collected during the summer months and then dried. One of the most common things they wove was the chilkat blanket. Weaving inside a longhouse
Chilkat blanket

Clothing
Haida leather cape
The people of the Northwest Coast wore very little clothing, except when it was cold. In the warmer months, men would often go naked, and women would only wear bark skirts. The women made most of the clothing out of softened cedar wood or bark, animal leather, and wool. Salish goat wool coat
Haida beaver cape
Rainy Weather
Haida Spruce root hat
Since it rained a lot on the Northwest Coast, clothing was more important for blocking the rain than for keeping them warm. They wore bark capes and spruce hats as protection against the rain.