Eagle & Salmon Panel Yellow Cedar and Pooq-oobs (Nuu-chah-nulth)

and Pooq-oobs (Nuu-chah-nulth)

The dancer will sometimes carry a carved wooden clamshell or cockleshell

and nourish us until they bring us into this world

Others recount that this supernatural figure creates the boom of thunder as he flaps his wings in flight and is said to shoot lightning snakes from his eyes

This print is available framed for $1

Eagle & Salmon Panel Yellow Cedar and Pooq-oobs (Nuu-chah-nulth)Indigenous 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