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Northwest Coast pigment grinding stones, mortars, paint dishes, templates, brushes and paint tool storage containers

An incredible array of the kinds of objects created for painting. That many of these objects are ornamented indicates the importance of tools, and materials to NW Coast artists. These objects were often used for a lifetime then handed down to an apprentice or family member and put into use again. There are also those objects that show the creativity of adapting naturally occurring shapes for use as functional objects. 
Look closely at some of these beautiful tools: would you go to the trouble of intricately carving a paint brush, trading for porcupine guard hairs from outside your region, selecting the best hairs, gathering and splitting spruce root, and finally, lashing the porcupine hairs to the brush in an elegant woven pattern? What does it tell you about that person, and about his regard for his tools and craft?
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  • Home
    • About Native Paint Revealed >
      • What's New
      • Services >
        • Consultation and Research
        • Pigment Analysis
        • Restoration
  • Learning Resources
  • Publications & Articles
    • New Publication: Revealing Blue on the Northern Northwest Coast >
      • Coloring the Native Northwest Coast
      • NW Coast Ochres
      • Celadonite and Vivianite: Green and Blue on the Northwest Coast
      • A Thin Red Line: Pigments and Paints on Coast Salish Totem Poles
      • Vegetable or Mineral
  • Projects and Research
    • The Vivianite Chronicles
    • A Totem Pole History: The Work of Lummi Carver Joe Hillaire
    • The William Shelton Story Pole
    • Snetlum Canoe
  • Traditional NWC Native Paint
    • Design Elements and Distinctions
    • Pigments vs Dyes
    • Binders
    • Trade Colors on the Northwest Coast >
      • Vermilion
      • Red Lead
      • The Blues, Prussian Blue
      • Ultramarine
    • Tools >
      • Traditional brushes, images
      • Making traditional style brushes
      • Paint Dishes & Mortars
  • Science and Art
  • Independent Study, Classes, Lectures, Workshops