Bentwood Canoe Box, by Bruce Alfred

Bentwood Canoe Box, by Bruce AlfredFrog Canoe Bentwood Box The unique and treasured bentwood boxes of Northwest Coast First Nations peoples can be utilitarian or symbolic and may be used for storage, household items, transporting goods, cooking or as a burial box. Canoe boxes were designed for fishermen and hunters to neatly and securely store their gear in the bow of their canoes. The kerfing, or bending of thin, tight grained cedar planks requires meticulous notching, steaming and

transporting goods

Mixed Design Weaving

this New Lands style of weaving may be one of the earlier rugs woven in this contemporary motif

or bending of thin

Weaver Unknown

with final touches of a tight fitting lid and finely carved and painted designs

Blue Canyon/New Lands Style Vintage Navajo Rug

Bruce Alfred

The unique and treasured bentwood boxes of Northwest Coast First Nations peoples can be utilitarian or symbolic and may be used for storage

A soft runner length rug in interesting colors that would drape nicely on a couch or bench

Kayenta area

antler inlay