Pacific Northwest, Eskimo
If you are interested in learning more
about the tribes of British Columbia, try this site, run by the Union of British
Columbia Indian Chiefs: www.ubcic.bc.ca
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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 |
![]() 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. In 1989, at a memorial potlatch for his brother, his mother's family placed him in the family's chief position at the bighouse in Alert Bay where he received the name "Mus-cum-tsi", which symbolizes the four clans of the Kwakwaka'wakw nation. Tim is a member of the Wolf Clan of the Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl) from Port Rupert, Vancouver Island, where he moved in 1985. He was born in 1967 in Alert Bay. His heritage includes not only Kwakiutl, but Namgis (Alert Bay), Mamaleleqala (Village Island) and Tlowitsis (Turnour Island). He began his apprenticeship at age 20 with Stan Hunt and has now been carving for over twenty years. The "D adze" with a wolf design, was made and used by Tim's grandfather, and is now in Tim's capable hands. |
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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) |
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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) |
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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..." |
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Jason Hunt, one of Stan Hunt’s sons, crafted this
Bear Transformation mask. |
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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. |
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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. |
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