Native American Indian Art Wood Carvings of the Pacific Northwest

Native American Indian art in the Americanmorecomplex project and usually higher priced would
southwest is dominatedby the magnificent potterybe the maskswhich are also carved out of wood.
and jewelry in the region. When itcomes to theThe Pacific Northwest Native
Pacific Northwest region which covers the states ofAmerican artists make some of the most striking
Oregon, Washington, British Columbia (Canada) andaboriginal masksin the world.
the southernpart of Alaska, the Native American artCreative artists and carvers from this region have
here is mostly woodcarvings. This is not surprisingalso used woodto carve out bowls, paddles, rattles
since unlike the southwestdesert, the Pacificand boxes which are allexpertly decorated with
Northwest is abundant with forests whichPacific Northwest Native American Indiandesigns.
haveprovided the wood as raw material for theSome carvers have even carved more day to day
region's Nativeobjectssuch as letter openers out of wood again
American Indian art.decorated with theregion's Native motifs. Although
The wood carvings of the Pacific Northwest Nativenot restricting themselves tojust wood, the Pacific
American artcome in many different forms. The hugeNorthwest Native American artists also doart prints,
totem poles which arecarved on entire tree trunkspaintings and precious metal jewelry but overall
are probably the most famous.woodis still the most common material used in their
Certainly the most common form of contemporaryartwork.
Pacific NorthwestThe Pacific Northwest style of Native American
Native American art is the plaque wood carving. TheIndian art isstill unknown to many parts of North
entire rangeof Pacific Northwest Native AmericanAmerica and the rest of theworld but this will
Indian art subjectsincluding eagles, ravens,definitely change as the 2010 winter Olympicsin British
thunderbirds, bears, killer whales andsalmons areColumbia approaches.
carved as plaques to be hung on the wall. A