Uploaded January 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago
James Johnson, an artist and lifelong snowboarder, hand-carved this design featuring a raven.
According to Tlingit belief, Raven was light-colored initially, but as he flew with the sun, soot from a clan house's smoke hole turned him black, as shown on the snowboard.
Products like this help Johnson share Tlingit art and culture globally, with part of the sales supporting the Sealaska Heritage Arts Campus in Juneau, Alaska.
Learn more with Andrew Hamilton, associate curator of Arts of the Americas.
"Double Dip Model 2022-23" is on view in Gallery 161.
James Johnson, an artist and lifelong snowboarder, hand-carved this design featuring a raven.
According to Tlingit belief, Raven was light-colored initially, but as he flew with the sun, soot from a clan house's smoke hole turned him black, as shown on the snowboard.
Products like this help Johnson share Tlingit art and culture globally, with part of the sales supporting the Sealaska Heritage Arts Campus in Juneau, Alaska.
Learn more with Andrew Hamilton, associate curator of Arts of the Americas.
"Double Dip Model 2022-23" is on view in Gallery 161.
