Art

Clarissa Rizal (Lampe Hudson), June 4, 1956 – December 7, 2016, was a Tlingit artist best known as a Chilkat and Ravenstail weaver who also worked in painting, printmaking, carving, and sculpting.

Giclee print titled “Red Salmon” in Tlingit formline painted by Clarissa Rizal (Lampe Hudson) in 2005.

Ivory Íxt’ amulet made from a whale tooth depicting a sea monster.

Brown bear mask used by a Hoonah Íxt’ in the 1800’s.

This mask was used during healing ceremonies and represents a spirit the íxť controlled.

Steel bladed war dagger with carved buffalo horn pommel, whale bone handle scales and abalone inlay.

A seal oil bowl carved to represent killer whales by Hoonah artist Lincoln Wallace in 1964. Lincoln belonged to the T’akdeintaan clan, and his Tlingit name was Keel ti eesh.

Relief carved yellow cedar plaques representing three different clans, carved by Hoonah artist Lincoln Wallace around 1969. Lincoln belonged to the T’akdeintaan clan, and his Tlingit name was Keel ti eesh.

A carved wooden pipe with a design of a frog and wolf with symbolic representations of Lituya Bay.

This basket was made by Emma Mayeda a master weaver from Hoonah. It is made of split spruce root with false embroidery using maidenhair fern and dyed grass.