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Denver Art Museum: Northwest Coast Indian Carving

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Explore in detail two examples of the carving and painting style of the Native Americans of the Northwest Coast: an ocean-going canoe and a bentwood box, which was used for storage. Read about materials that Native craftspeople used and how they represented nature. You can also make a paper version of a canoe like the ones used by Northwest Coast people and learn to say a few words in the Kwak'wala language.

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bentwood box, carving canoes, ocean-going canoe, denver art museum: northwest coast indian carving, native american art, native american artifacts, native american carving, native american crafts, northwest coast native americans, historic native american artifacts
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  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
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