Chief of the Undersea People with Octopus Mask Coast Salish

Chief of the Undersea People with Octopus Mask Coast SalishThis Kumugwe or Chief of the Undersea People is hand carved in yellow cedar and signed by Kwakwaka'wakw artist Talon George from the Gwasala and Nakwaxdaxw First Nations in Port Hardy on Vancouver Island. "Kumugwe is the Chief of the Sea, he has a house in the undersea filled with many riches such as copper and abalone. It is said that Kumugwe's world is guarded by the Octopus which is why I have one atop of his head." Talon George The Komokwa Symbol

This Haida Bear Pendant has been hand-carved in sterling silver by Haida artist Derek White

We believe this was purchased at a charity event

and about 12 inches or 30 centimeters deep

The band is about 3/8 of an inch wide

In the print

sits on a removable red cedar base

While everyone feasted the mother-in-law became bolder and bolder in her predictions because she believed she had acquired power

Vancouver had to return home

that warfare in the Pacific Northwest typically didn't take place in the open field of battle

One day Raven relentlessly cried for the box that contained the sun

This Halibut Pendant has been hand-carved by Haida artist Amy Edgars

It is fun designing