Tlingit Basket, Cornflower/Cedar Nuu-chah-nulth Bears have been depicted as

Bears have been depicted as guardians and protectors of human heroes

- Klalte-bhi

They were placed in the large winter houses and sometimes outside declaiming the long history

Owl can be identified by large forward-facing eyes

When we went to the river to fish we were excited to know that we had replenished the food supply

Tlingit Basket, Cornflower/Cedar Nuu-chah-nulth Bears have been depicted asTlingit glass artist Preston Singletary is well known for these beautiful basket forms. He references objects like the traditional spruce root baskets from his Tlingit heritage in his glasswork as a way of rethinking and re contextualizing the item. In doing so he imbues these pieces with the elegance and beauty that the traditional woven forms are so well known for.