Throughout native North America, gift giving is a central feature of social life. In the Pacific Northwest of the United States and British Columbia in Canada, this tradition is known as the potlatch. Within the tribal groups of these areas, individuals hosting a potlatch give away most, if not all, of their wealth and material goods to show goodwill to the rest of the tribal members and to maintain their social status. Tribes that traditionally practice the potlatch include the Haidas, Kwakiutls, Makahs, Nootkas, Tlingits, and Tsimshians. Gifts often included blankets, pelts, furs, weapons, and slaves during the nineteenth century, and jewelry, money, and appliances in the twentieth. These dolls are wearing the cerimonial dress used in the Cermonial custom of
gift giving known as POTLATCH.
Children of the North
Porcelain Dolls
From left to right:
A) Kila Red Floral
# 05 013 $123.20
B) Kila Blue Floral
# 05 011
$123.20
C) Kaniak Grey Suede
# 05 021 $123.20
D) Kila Red Dot
# 05 017 $123.20
Children of the North
Porcelain Dolls
From left to right:
A) Raven Sun
# 05 100 $82.40
B) Princess
# 05 102 $66.40
C) Dream Catcher
# 05 103 $82.40
D) Marie
# 05 019 $66.40
Children of the North
Porcelain Dolls
From left to right:
A) Plains Princess
# 05 155 $175.95
B) Snow Owl
# 05 106 $107.20
C) Papoose
Red # 05 039 $57.60
Blue # 05 040$57.60
Cowichan # 05 038 $57.60
Pink # 05 041 $57.60
Available in 3 colours
Blue 05-030 $196.00
Red 05-031 $196.00
Black 05-032 $196.00
05-152 Potlatch Raven $250.00
05-153 Potlatch Eagle $250.00
Chilkat-Princess Native people of the Pacific coastal area of southeastern Alaska belonging to the Tlingit group of Indians.
