Comb depicting Turtle by Greg A. Robinson, Chinook Nation

Comb depicting Turtle by Greg A. Robinson, Chinook Nationred cedar7.5" high x 5.5" wide x .5" deepCombs as intricate as this were carved for the wives and daughters of high status families. This comb depicts Turtle. Turtles were highly prized amongst the Chinook, and like Salamander and Frog, held a prominent place in their spiritual world. The face depicted in the turtle's shell is that of an ancestor. The Chinook Indian Nation is a confederation of the five most western tribes, the Lower Chinook, Clatsop, Willapa, Wahkiakum and Cathlamet located in SW Washington State near the mouth of the Columbia River. Greg A. Robinson, born in 1957, is a member of the Chinook Indian Nation located in Bay Center, Washington. Primarily self taught, Robinson has been an artist since childhood, with an early fascination for wildlife and tribal art after receiving a small carved canoe as a gift. He sold his first work of art in junior high school. His past and current works in the traditional Chinooka