Northwest Coast Storage Box

Northwest Coast Storage Box refers to a tradition of functional and ceremonial wooden containers crafted by Indigenous artists of the Pacific Northwest Coast, including nations such as the Haida, Tlingit, Tsimshian, and Kwakwaka'wakw. These bentwood boxes, typically made from a single steamed and bent cedar plank, are renowned for their intricate formline designs depicting ancestral beings, clan crests, and spiritual figures. Highly prized by collectors and institutions, they appear regularly at major auction houses as significant examples of Indigenous North American art.