The wool is red.

Northern wooden spoons are typically carved from a section of a small tree, using almost the entire cylinder of the wood. The shallow S-profile of the spoon runs through the block in such a way that the center of the tree is visible at two places in the spoon, once in the bowl near the tip and again at the base of the handle. This means that the wood grain at the tip and in the handle lies at an angle to the spoon's surface; when it is carved very thin, as here, the spoon is quite fragile. This spooon is one of three in the collection of the Burke Museum. Lieutenant George Emmons, who collected this spoon, identified the creature on it as a petrel. (Holm, Spirit and Ancestor, 1987)

Basketry was a woman's art. Women also wove cedar bark mats, capes, hats, and baby carriers. Baskets were used for gathering, cooking, and storing food. Today, as in the past, baskets are also made for sale and given as gifts at potlatches.

This dish exemplifies the extravagance of Kwakwaka'wakw ceremonial utensils. A typical feast dish, it is conceived of as a large sculptured animal, in this case a wolf, hollowed to receive the food it is to serve. Dishes of this sort belonged to the owner of a house and were accounted for in the origin myths of the family. They were highly valued and used only on occasions of great feasts. (Holm, Crooked Beak of Heaven, 1972)

The paint is black, red, green, white, yellow, and brown.