The Haida are said to have carved a frog on a house pole to prevent it from
falling over, and it was their belief that Raven art frogs. North of the Queen
Charlotte Islands, the Tlingit record in legend the distribution of frogs over
their land. a chief's daughter made fun of a frog and was later lured into
the lake by a frog in human form, whom she subsequently married. Unable
to persuade the Frog People to let her return home, her parents dug a ditch
and drained the lake, scattering frogs in every direction.

In flat design the frog may be depicted from above or from the side; in
three-dimensional carving it really lends itself to the form of a bowl. Some
of the most impressive tobacco mortars of the north have been sculptured
from stone to represent a frog, and many wooden grease dishes were
carved in this image.

Frog's characteristics are a large mouth, usually thick-lipped, and legs, with
toed feet, in a flexed position. The absence of teeth, ears and tail
confirms its identity.