Northwest Coast Native Art

$28.00

Item A110

8 x 8 x 1

0 lbs. 6 oz.

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Salmon
by Yukie Adams

Black mat, black wooden frame

Yukie Adams

In 1984 artist Yukie Adams married Henry Adams. Henry was an Alaskan Tlingit tribal citizen. When Yukie married him she became a part of his Tlingit culture. Yukie naturally became interested in the native art of the Northwest Coast. Yukie studied and with her newly acquired knowledge, she began creating contemporary Northwest Coast Native designs. Yukie put her designs on drums, paintings, serigraphs, and prints. After her husband passed away, she began to take her work to a new level. Yukie started to create woodcarvings and mixed media. This combination of modernism and traditionalism is unique to her works of art.

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Salmon

The Salmon's life cycle was - and is - highly respected, and in the native world proper honoring brought prosperity to native communities. The primary food source of tribal peoples, many legends refer to its importance in both the real and ritual life of human communities where the bones of the first salmon of every season are, to this day, respectfully returned to the river. According to Tsimshian legend, salmon were originally salmon people living in 5 villages. These five species of salmon represented the 5 villages - Iyai (spring salmon), Mesaw (sockeye), Werh (coho), Stemawn (pink), and Qanees (dog salmon). In early spring, they changed into their fish form and started on their journey, but each group at different times. Salmon was a major food source for all the Northwest Coast peoples, and therefore a major part of their cultures.

Salmon is the life source and the provider of food for all animals and humans. Treated with high regard, the Salmon is a symbol of immortality and wealth. The great abundance of the salmon allowed the culture of the Northwest Coast to flourish.