A show-stopping raven mask by Tim Alfred. Fully 6 feet long with an articulated beak and a bear face carved on the under side. $19,500. (Tucson)

Photo taken 1989, at a memorial potlatch for his brother when his mother’s family placed Tim in the family’s chief position at the Bighouse where he received the name “Mus-cum-tsi”, which symbolized the four clans of the Kwakwaka’wakw nation.

The T'łisala Sun mask above has a K'utala (salmon) and an Kwikw (eagle) encircling the face of the Sun. A full five feet across, this one hangs in our Tucson gallery. $5,000.

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Doug LaFortune, a Tsawout artist, is the carver of this beautiful moon mask. Doug began his journey as an artist under the mentorship of master carver Simon Charlie and has been carving for nearly 50 years. Doug has become a renowned carver and artist. This particular piece was carved in the 1980s. It measures 14 inches in diameter. $1,350. (SANTA FE)

Portrait Photo credit: Royal BC Museum

This Daxaluł or Owl mask by Tim is 16 inches high to the top of the cedar bark and 12 inches across. $1200. (TUCSON)

Tim’s most recent work::a Pugwis - Old Man of the Sea -with a loon head and wings. 28 by 14 inches. $2100. (TUCSON)

At right is Pugwis is the (Old) Man of the Sea. He can appear with different visual attributes. In this case he has the horns of the sea creature known as Sisiutl and sports a quartz crystal on his forehead. 19 inches high and 17 inches across. $2100. (TUCSON)


At right is a Makwala (Moon) mask by Tim. Approximately 38 inches in diameter and inlaid with 345 pieces of abalone shell. SOLD (SANTA FE)

A Speakers mask, carved of alder by David Boxley. 9.5 inches high. $1800. (TUCSON)

David Boxley is a Tsimshian carver from Metlakatla, Alaska. Born in 1952, he was raised by his grandparents. From them he learned many Tsimshian traditions including the language. After high school he attended Seattle Pacific University where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1974. He became a teacher and basketball coach. While teaching in Metlakatla in 1979 he began devoting considerable time to the study of traditional Tsimshian carving. 

In 1986 he left teaching and to devote all of his energies toward carving and researching the legacy of Northwest Coast Indian art becoming a nationally recognized artist. 

In 1990, during the Goodwill Games Boxley was commissioned to carve the crown of a "Talking Stick." Boxley's carving of a unified American eagle and a Russian bear became a symbol of peace and harmony between the United States and Soviet Union and was an important part of the summer's Goodwill Games. Messages from President George Bush and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev were inserted in a hollowed portion of the talking stick and athletes carried the stick from Spokane through Washington and Oregon to Seattle for the opening ceremonies.