Captain Chickite, of #WeWaiKai First Nation, and wife, were kind enough to charter the flotilla trip for us, from #CampbellRiver through the Discovery Islands.
For #WorldOtterDay + #Woodensday:
Top: wooden sea #otter effigy feast bowl, #Kwakiutl culture
Bottom: wooden bowl w/ sea otter at one end & human at other, #Haida culture
Both collected in 1897, now on display at the Field Museum in Chicago.
#IndigenousArt #FirstNationsArt #NativeAmericanArt
For #InternationalBeaverDay here are two wooden #beaver effigies spotted at the #Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian:
1. Beaver figure, Kwakwaka’wakw (#Kwakiutl), #BritishColumbia, c. 1900
2. Beaver bowl, #Tlingit, Klukwan, #Alaska, c.1850