Published on October 18, 2011 by Amy Ceremonial masks have
played significant roles in many native tribal cultures around
the world. Several of the most vivid, colorful and striking
American Indian ancestral masks come from West Coast American
Indian art created by the Northwest Native people. These groups
are located in the region from Oregon that stretch all the way
through Washington state and British Columbia all the way to
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Northwest Coast Native American ceremonial masks portray many
different types of humans and animals including mythical
creatures from Northwest Native legends. Some of the masks were
portrait masks where they were created to represent particular
persons. Animal masks had exceptional denotation for specific
clans since all members of a tribe were apparently descended
from particular animals. There are t