Raven transformation mask carved as a bird when closed and a human face surrounded by dogfish and crest designs when open. [CAK 08/04/2010]

The feather is turkey (bird). The fur is rabbit. The tail is fox (animal).

The paint is dark green, black, and red. The feather is turkey (bird). The fur is rabbit. The tail is fox (animal).

In the Spirit of the Ancestors-This is one of the few contemporary weavings made of mountain goat wool. The wool was gathered in the Olympic Mountains and colored with evergreen huckleberries, wolf moss, yellow cedar bark, and salal berries. Susan Pavel, was a student (and niece-in-law) of the late Skokomish leader, Subiyay - Bruce Miller, who founded the Northwest Native American Basketweavers Association.

The felt is red. The fur is fake and brown. The bead is black, white, yellow, and purple. The cloth is tan.

In the Spirit of the Ancestors-Ravenstail weaving is an ancient weaving style that fell from use in the early 19th century after the more complex Chilkat technique was invented. The revival of Ravenstail weaving in the 1980s was led by Cheryl Samuel, a weaver who studied with Bill Holm at the Burke Museum. This robe was inspired by a piece in the Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography in St. Petersburg, Russia.

In the Spirit of the Ancestors-This robe was worn by Haida artist Reg Davidson at a potlatch he hosted in Old Massett, B.C. in February 2002. The designs on the central panel are called tattoo designs, after a traditional pattern that was tattooed onto the backs of Tlingit noble women's hands. Davidson's robe was inspired by an old robe documented in a sketch made by Pavel Mikhailov on a voyage to the Northwest Coast in 1827.

The yarn is wool, white, black, and yellow. The fur is sheep and black.