Ghost Mask Coast Salish

Ghost Mask Coast SalishThis Ghost Mask was hand carved by Kwakwaka'wakw artist Gilbert Dawson. It has been carved from red cedar, painted in black, red, and white acrylic, and trimmed with cedar bark. The mask including the cedar bark measures approximately 15 inches or 38 centimeters wide, 11 inches or 28 centimeters high, and 3 3 4 inches or 9 1 2 centimeters deep. The last image shows the artist holding the mask.

This beautifully carved and highly decorated Kwaguʼł Moon Mask (Kwaguʼł Makwala) by Kwakwaka'wakw artist Kevin Daniel Cranmer is carved from a single piece of red cedar and painted in red

Whale Fin 4 - 36 inches or 91 cm long x 21 1/2 inches or 54 centimeters tall x 8 1/2 inches or 20 cm wide with 8 horsehair bundles

the villagers appoint a chief to perform the Peace Dance at every potlatch and

he transformed into a boy and stole the box of the chief holding the light and fled through the smoke hole in the bighouse

and light blue acrylic by Native American artist Trevor Hunt from the Kwakiutl or Kwakwaka'wakw Nation

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It can be the heartfelt pound of a drum

vitality courage and health

from near or far

our family once owned a beautiful beaded apron with two facing grizzly bears

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Even for Wasgo this was a lot of work because he then had to drag them back to the village through the water—they were very heavy and it was very slow going