Paddle
Portland Art Museum
87.88.125
The Elizabeth Cole Butler Collection.
Paddle
Portland Art Museum
87.88.124
The Elizabeth Cole Butler Collection.
Saddle
Portland Art Museum
87.88.85
The Elizabeth Cole Butler Collection.
Chilkat Robe
Portland Art Museum
87.88.80
Chilkat blankets, created by a complex form of tapestry twining, are the best-known textiles of the Northwest Coast. Emblems of nobility, they are prized for their crest significance, as well as for their beauty and fine workmanship. The labor-intensive process used to create a Chilkat blanket in...
Raven Rattle
Portland Art Museum
87.88.74
Raven rattles were used throughout the Northwest Coast by people of high rank. The delicate and elaborate carving of these status objects displays the skills of the maker. The body of one of these rattles usually represents a raven, with the head of a hawk carved on its breast. A reclining figure...
Ladle
Portland Art Museum
87.88.73
The Elizabeth Cole Butler Collection.
Doctor's Bag
Portland Art Museum
87.88.49
The Elizabeth Cole Butler Collection.
Knife Sheath
Portland Art Museum
87.88.33B
The Elizabeth Cole Butler Collection.
Cradle
Portland Art Museum
87.70.8
The Elizabeth Cole Butler Collection. Collected: Elizabeth Cole Butler
Sk'in (Cradleboard)
Portland Art Museum
87.70.7
The Elizabeth Cole Butler Collection. Collected: Elizabeth Cole Butler