Title: Pacific Coast Culture | World Civilization
Headings: Pacific Coast Culture
Pacific Coast Culture
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Arts and Crafts
Religious and Social Ceremonies
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Content: Vocal rhythmic patterns were often complex and ran counter to rigid percussion beats. As with music, the creation of art also served as a means of transmitting stories, history, wisdom, and property from generation to generation. Due to the abundance of natural resources and the affluence of most Northwest tribes, there was plenty of leisure time to create art. Many works of art served practical purposes, such as clothing, tools, weapons of war and hunting, transportation, cooking, and shelter. Others were purely aesthetic. Art provided indigenous people with a tie to the land and was a constant reminder of their birth places, lineages, and nations. One example of this is the use of symbols on totem poles and plank houses of the Pacific Northwest coast. Pacific Coast Art. Tribal art included plank houses and totem poles that served as constant reminders of indigenous peoples’ birth places, lineages, and nations. Religious and Social Ceremonies
Other cultural elements that became established were the religious and social ceremonies of the Pacific Northwest nations.