The paint is red, blue, and black.

The paint is green, black, and red.

Shell and beaver tooth knives were probably the aboriginal prototypes of the crooked knife of historic times. Knives with long handles and upward-curved blades meant to be drawn toward the carver were used over a good part of North America. The version of this man's knife common to the Northwest Coast typically has a short, double-edged blade with a gradually increasing curve mounted on the underside of a slim handle. (Holm, Crooked Beak of Heaven, 1972)

This figure stood on top of a pole that was erected in 1928 at the time the Fort Rupert Kwakwaka'wakw were called to a great potlatch at Blunden Harbor. The eagle was carved by Willie Seaweed, the chief of the Nakwakdakw, and was said to be watching for the arriving tribe. It is carved of red cedar and painted in black, red, yellow, and white. Much of the paint has weathered away, but enough remains to suggest its original appearance. (Holm, Crooked Beak of Heaven, 1972)

The paint is red, black, and white.