Raven Butterfly and the First Haida Warrior

Raven Butterfly and the First Haida WarriorThis Raven, Butterfly and the First Haida Yellow Cedar and Lemonwood Bowl is hand carved by Haida artist Ron Russ. Ron shared that his inspiration for this piece comes from a Haida story. "As told to me by my grandfather: In the beginning there was Raven and Butterfly. They played amongst the stars. They played tag and hide and seek. They played until they got tired of the games. They looked for something else to play with. They found the Earth. They

the octopus will come out to investigate

5 inches or 32 centimeters deep

thus my artwork

and they were able to fish by its light

This First Thunderbird Mask is hand-carved by Nuu-chah-nulth carver Joshua Prescott

and signed by Haida artist Andrew Williams

They say that within a generation

The beaver represents the keepers of the salmon

so Raven volunteered to fly down the tunnel to look for the source of the mouth-watering smell

Every winter the buyers from Prince Rupert would bring a barge out to the village of Kitkatla

and include native elements

This small Octopus Hat sculpture in yew wood is hand-carved by Haida artist Ron Russ