Joel Good ,Wukas=Frog , Coast Salish
Frog’s with two headed supernatural
eagle with killer whale
8 in by 8 in by 7 in
Red Cedar ,Paint
Steamed Bentwood
$850.00
Frog’s with two headed supernatural
eagle with killer whale
8 in by 8 in by 7 in
Red Cedar ,Paint
Steamed Bentwood
$850.00
Supernatural powers curator of the wind
Red Cedar,Copper,Paint Cedar,Cedar Bark,Hair
20 inches by 11 inches
SOLD
Red Cedar,Cedar Bark,Cooper Eyes
Paint,So Black it’s Blue,
length 8 inches by7 height
$500.00
Red Cedar,Paint,Fur,Cedar Bark
On Stand,Abalone eyes
Fish in beak
8 inches tall by 10 inches long
$600.00
Harry Williams,Tsuna’kwa
The Wild Women of the Woods
Red Cedar,Cedar Bark,Paint
8 inches by 8 inches Mask
17 inches full length Cedar SOLD

Bukwas by Harry Williams
Red Cedar, Cedar Bark, Paint
8 inches by 5 inches Wood Mask
14 inches long with cedar bark
$680.00
Bukwas, or wild man of the woods, is a significant supernatural spirit being of the Kwakwaka’wakw Nation and casts a haunting figure in their great annual winter dance. Bukwas is linked with the underworld of the dead and with ghosts — especially the spirits of the drowned who hover near him. This mysterious and illusive wild man lurks near the edge of the dark forest where he lives, offering food to lost humans, luring them to become spirits in his shadowy underworld. This figure represents a Kwakwaka’wakw dancer wearing a carefully carved cedar mask, portraying Bukwas creeping to a sand bank on a sunny morning to dig for cockles, which is his favourite food. He is very shy and looks about to see if he is being watched, shading his face from the sun with his hands. Suddenly he leaps forward, settles on one knee searching for cockles, and devours them quickly, occasionally uttering a high pitched whoop or shriek from a concealed whistle.
Nuu-chah-nulth style hand carved dish ; hand carved and painted from White Pine.
11 inches wide by 23 inches long
SOLD