HAIDA carvings (ha)
The Haida are an indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest Coast of North America. Their main territory is the archipelago of Haida Gwaii (formerly the Queen Charlotte Islands) in northern British Columbia, but a group known as the Kaigani Haida live across the Dixon Entrance on Prince of Wales Island in Southeast Alaska.
Haida society continues to be very engaged in the production of a robust and highly stylized art form, a leading component of Northwest Coast art frequently expressed in large wooden totem poles.
More info:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haida_people
http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/edu/ViewLoitLo.do?method=preview&lang=EN&id=9361
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwest_Coast_art
Image galleries of Haida art: http://tinyurl.com/pmauzr5
http://tinyurl.com/pxedelz
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