Pacific Northwest, Eskimo
and Navajo Folk Art Gallery

A cedar and glass bentwood box by Alano Edzerza.   He is a member of the Raven Clan from the Tahltan Nation in Canada.   Born in 1981, this young artist is quite versatile, working in silver, wood, glass and prints and paintings;   he also designed the clothing the Netherlands Olympic team wore this past Olympics.   He also has the distinction of owning and operating Vancouvers only native-run First Nations gallery!   Website: www.edzerzagallery.com
Overall, this wonderful box is 14.75 inches tall and 12 inches square.   The glass is 11 inches tall an 10.75 inches square.

This Bee mask was carved by Tim Alfred of Port Hardy.   It is 12 inches high,   $1200.   (SOLD) Next to that is the "D adze" with a wolf design, was made and used by Tim's grandfather, and is now in Tim's capable hands. At right and bottom (in progress) is Tim's beautiful Pugwis mask.   It is flanked by frogs and crowned with a sea urchin and measures roughly 21 inches high, 18 inches across and comes out about 14 inches from the wall.   $1875.

This mask, often mistakenly called a Raven mask, it is actually a Hox Hox,(Hokw' hokw) carved by Tim Alfred.   It is one of the supernatural birds who appear in the Humsamala, performed by members of the Hamatsa Society.   It has an articulated beak and cedar bark ruff, and measures 35 inches long.   $2400. (SOLD)

This Eskimo mask was made by Leon Kinneneuk, who signs his work Misak.   It tells the story of Kataug, the Shaman who visited the bowhead whales and learned how his people, from the village of Tikigaq, should conduct themselves in order to earn the respect of the whales.   In return, a few of the whales would allow themselves to be caught.   Leon has written out the entire story on a piece of hide that comes with the mask, which measures approximately 37 by 34 inches.   $1200 - plus shipping. (SOLD)

A Puffin Mask, carved by Glen Moses, a Cupik Eskimo artist, now living in Bethel, Alaska.   24 inches high and nearly 30 inches across it is $2000.   Carved from birch with ash wood and red cedar and tied with sinew, it took nearly 3 months to finish.   Glenn provided us with a detailed handwritten explanation of the mask, which begins: "The Puffin Mask represents the summer season when my people go fishing for salmon to dry at out fish camps to have for the long winter months..."

This Shaman’s mask was created by the Cupik Eskimo carver, Glen Moses, currently of Bethel, Alaska.   $1200.

This remarkable Dzonakwa mask is by the famed Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl) carver, Beau Dick of Village Island, Kingcome Inlet, B.C.
It measures14 inches high (excluding feathers) and is priced at $2200, an excellent value for his work.

Carver Tim Alfred has apprenticed under Stan.   Here he is showing Santiago one of his tools and explaining its use.   To give him something to practice on, Tim gave him a piece of cedar he had started carving.