Tlingit Basket, Smoke/Midnight Red Wolf is a principal crest

Wolf is a principal crest among many Northwest Coast cultures and in many regions is a figure related to hunting and fishing

The designs can be quite dramatic

This print depicts a Killer Whale protecting a child in a storm

This is the prototype for an outdoor lit glass totem pole that Douglas worked on with Don Yeomans (Haida)

Indigenous artwork on the Pacific Northwest Coast often incorporates figures and animals that are related to crest symbols

Tlingit Basket, Smoke/Midnight Red Wolf is a principal crestTlingit glass artist Preston Singletary is well known for these beautiful basket forms. He references objects like the traditional spruce root baskets from his Tlingit heritage in his glasswork as a way of rethinking and re contextualizing the item. In doing so he imbues these pieces with the elegance and beauty that the traditional woven forms are so well known for.