Small Wind Mask KwakwakawakwThis Wind Mask is hand carved by Kwakwaka'wakw artist Gilbert Dawson. It has been carved from red cedar, painted in black, red, and white acrylic, and adorned with feathers. This Wind Mask represents a human like personification of wind in the Kwakwaka'wakw "Atakima", or "Dance of the Forest Spirits". There is a part of the dance that revolves around Kwakwabalas, a young boy that is given the ability to protect all living beings in the forests. After
and sometimes turquoise blue and red twinned wool
I look at our culture and realize how insular we can be
” These words fly with an arcing toss into the ether as I traverse the natural world with thoughts turned to encountering the Supernatural
The bracelet is 1 inch or 2 1/2 centimeters wide and 6 1/8 inches or 15 3/4 centimeters long
The lack of a snowpack over the winter had a lasting impact on our summer water supply: the salmon suffered
and it is able to be worn as either a pendant or a brooch
farmed fish that make people sick while oceans cry for protection
This serigraph is from April 1993 and is signed in original by the artist
Image size: 35 x 68 cm or almost 14 x 27 inches
The bracelet is close to 6 inches or 15 1/2 centimeters long
bearing the numbers 1/150 through 150/150
This Raven Pendant is hand-carved and hammered in copper by Haida artist Derek White Jr
