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Headdress frontlet depicting a bird-man, decorated with abalone shell. British Columbia, Canada, Tsimshian peoples, 1820-1840

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Headdress frontlet depicting a bird-man, decorated with abalone shell. British Columbia, Canada, Tsimshian peoples, 1820-1840

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Wooden clan hat with abalone shell inlays. British Columbia, Canada, Tlingit peoples, late 1800s

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Wooden clan hat with abalone shell inlays. British Columbia, Canada, Tlingit peoples, late 1800s

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Duct flute carved from a single piece of argillite, depicting a bird and human figures. British Columbia, Canada, Haida peoples, 19th century

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Duct flute carved from a single piece of argillite, depicting a bird and human figures. British Columbia, Canada, Haida peoples, 19th century

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Feast dish shaped like a human. British Columbia, Canada, Kwakwaka'wakw peoples, 1875-1900

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Feast dish shaped like a human. British Columbia, Canada, Kwakwaka'wakw peoples, 1875-1900

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Painted spruce root hat. British Columbia, Canada, Nuu-chah-nulth peoples, 1879 or earlier

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Painted spruce root hat. British Columbia, Canada, Nuu-chah-nulth peoples, 1879 or earlier

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Knife and leather case decorated with colorful beads. Canada or United States, Cree peoples, 1890

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Knife and leather case decorated with colorful beads. Canada or United States, Cree peoples, 1890

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Purple silk satin shoes decorated with glass beads, embroidery and diamantes, with Louis heels and diamante buckles from around 1898. The shoes belonged to Mary Chamberlain, the American born third wife of leading British politician Joseph Chamberlain

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Purple silk satin shoes decorated with glass beads, embroidery and diamantes, with Louis heels and diamante buckles from around 1898. The shoes belonged to Mary Chamberlain, the American born third wife of leading British politician Joseph Chamberlain

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Raven rattle. Haida or Tsimshian culture, British Columbia, undated but acquired for the American Museum of Natural History in 1881. Wood, paint, pebbles

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Raven rattle. Haida or Tsimshian culture, British Columbia, undated but acquired for the American Museum of Natural History in 1881. Wood, paint, pebbles

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An 18th century CE mask frontlet of the Wolf Dance, used by the Nuu-Chah-Nulth people in a ritual for high-ranking male initiates. From Canada, now housed at the British Museum. a photo of a wolf mask frontlet used during the ritual

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An 18th century CE mask frontlet of the Wolf Dance, used by the Nuu-Chah-Nulth people in a ritual for high-ranking male initiates. From Canada, now housed at the British Museum. a photo of a wolf mask frontlet used during the ritual

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A wooden spindle whorl made by the Coast Salish peoples. Ca. 1860 CE, from British Columbia in Canada, now housed at the Metropolitan Museum. In the bottom picture, a Musqueam elder woman, C’elicia, is spinning wool on spindle-whorl, c. 1915 CE

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A wooden spindle whorl made by the Coast Salish peoples. Ca. 1860 CE, from British Columbia in Canada, now housed at the Metropolitan Museum. In the bottom picture, a Musqueam elder woman, C’elicia, is spinning wool on spindle-whorl, c. 1915 CE

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