Ornate weaving and woodwork were important crafts, and wealth, defined by slaves and material goods, was prominently displayed and traded at potlatch ceremonies.
Canada outlaws the potlatch ceremony among Northwest Coast tribes.
Zahavi has invoked the potlatch ceremony as a human example of the handicap principle in action.
The important potlatch ceremony was included in this ban.
Many more examples probably exist in private collections or within the Kwakwaka'wakw community as gifts from potlatch ceremonies.
Traditionally chiefs would wear Chilkat blankets during potlatch ceremonies.
But the coppers found their strangest use in the potlatch ceremonies where wealth was destroyed.
The Nuu-chah-nulth and other Pacific Northwest cultures are famous for their potlatch ceremonies, in which the host honours guests with generous gifts.
Think of it as a suburban potlatch ceremony.
A couple of enormous works made of multiple stacked canvases indicate environmental ambitions, but mostly seem ready for a potlatch ceremony.