Bears in Native Art Photos

Bears in decoration, design, art, sculpture, architecture of native peoples.

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Tlingit house entrance with design of black bear at Denver Art Museum. Denver, CO.Tlingit wooden chest with lid with image of grizzly bear at Denver Art Museum. Denver, CO.Teikweidi brown bear clan hat at National Museum of American Indian. New York, NY.Northwest coast native brown bear bowl at National Museum of American Indian. New York, NY.
Tlingit house entrance (c1840) with design of black bear at Denver Art Museum. Denver, CO.Tlingit wooden chest with lid (1850) with image of grizzly bear at Denver Art Museum. Denver, CO.Teikweidi brown bear clan hat (c1860) at National Museum of American Indian. New York, NY.Northwest coast native brown bear bowl (1840-80) at National Museum of American Indian. New York, NY.
Gitxsan ceremonial headdress in form of black bear at National Museum of American Indian. New York, NY.Bear totem pole by Duane Pasco in Occidental Park. Seattle, WA.Tlingit dagger with carved bear head handle at Yale Peabody Museum. New Haven, CT.Bear mask by Rick Bartow of Mad River Band of Yurok, OR at National Museum of the American Indian. Washington, DC.
Gitxsan ceremonial headdress in form of black bear (c1870-1900) at National Museum of American Indian. New York, NY.Bear totem pole (1980s) by Duane Pasco in Occidental Park. Seattle, WA.Tlingit dagger with carved bear head handle at Yale Peabody Museum. New Haven, CT.Bear mask (1990) by Rick Bartow of Mad River Band of Yurok, OR at National Museum of the American Indian. Washington, DC.
Inuit ivory harpoon rest with carved bears, thunderbirds & whales from Alaska at de Young Museum. San Francisco, CA.Inuit soapstone shaman bear in transformation to human by David Ruben Piqtoukun of Canada at de Young Museum. San Francisco, CA.Inuit soapstone shaman in transformation to bear by David Ruben Piqtoukun of Canada at de Young Museum. San Francisco, CA.Inuit walrus-ivory carvings of polar bears at Yale Peabody Museum. New Haven, CT.
Inuit ivory harpoon rest with carved bears, thunderbirds & whales (19th-20thC) from Alaska at de Young Museum. San Francisco, CA.Inuit soapstone shaman bear in transformation to human (1991) by David Ruben Piqtoukun of Canada at de Young Museum. San Francisco, CA.Inuit soapstone shaman in transformation to bear (1991) by David Ruben Piqtoukun of Canada at de Young Museum. San Francisco, CA.Inuit walrus-ivory carvings of polar bears at Yale Peabody Museum. New Haven, CT.
Inuit hunting polar bear ivory carving by Aloysius Pikonganna or Nome, AK at National Museum of the American Indian. Washington, DC.Scrimshaw engraving of whalers pursuing a whale with polar bear in foreground at International Maritime Museum. Hamburg, Germany.Carved soapstone shaman bear by Makituq culture from Pelly Bay, NWT, Canada at Five Continents Museum. Munich, Germany.Inuit mask of bear spirit by Yup'ik culture of Norton Sound of Yukon River area of Alaska at Dallas Museum of Art. Dallas, TX.
Inuit hunting polar bear ivory carving (1958) by Aloysius Pikonganna or Nome, AK at National Museum of the American Indian. Washington, DC.Scrimshaw engraving of whalers pursuing a whale with polar bear in foreground at International Maritime Museum. Hamburg, Germany.Carved soapstone shaman bear (1979) by Makituq culture from Pelly Bay, NWT, Canada at Five Continents Museum. Munich, Germany.Inuit mask of bear spirit (late 19thC) by Yup'ik culture of Norton Sound of Yukon River area of Alaska at Dallas Museum of Art. Dallas, TX.
Prehistoric Indian stone carving of man in bear regalia at Newark Circle Mound. Newark, OH.Prehistoric Indian stone carving of man in bear regalia at Newark Circle Mound. Newark, OH.

Prehistoric Indian stone carving of man in bear regalia at Newark Circle Mound. Newark, OH.Prehistoric Indian stone carving of man in bear regalia (Wray Figurine) at Newark Circle Mound. Newark, OH.

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