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Indigenous artwork on the Pacific Northwest Coast often incorporates figures and animals that are related to crest symbols. Crests have been passed down through families and have varying meanings depending on the context and association with a nation, clan, or family. The figures depicted in contemporary Northwest Coast Indigenous artwork also have varying meanings but there are some common characteristics from a range of sources, including oral histories and artist descriptions.In oral traditions across the Northwest Coast there are many human heroes and legends. These figures are depicted in many ways. Some figures might represent a chief or shaman, while others an ancestor. Ancestors are incredibly important in Northwest Coast culture; thus, you will often see human portraits in the artwork depicting an ancestor figure.
Freestanding Human figures can range in size from small amulets to large-scale poles several feet high. As amulets, they are often a guardian symbol whereas the larger human figures can represent a welcoming figure. Human-like personifications of the sun and wind are common in Northwest Coast artwork as well.
Octopus Rattle
Artist Unknown (Kwakwaka'wakw)
Dimensions on Stand: 14" H x 6 ½" W x 2 ¾" D
Dimensions on Stand: 14" H x 6 ½" W x 2 ¾" D
$6,000.00
Salish Model Pole
Artist Unknown (Salish) (Salish)
Shows signs of wear on the top left ear.
Shows signs of wear on the top left ear.
$200.00
Salish Model Pole
Artist Unknown (Salish) (Salish)
Pole says "Alert Bay 1959" on the backside and "Alert Bay 1958" on the bottom of the base. This p...
Pole says "Alert Bay 1959" on the backside and "Alert Bay 1958" on the bottom of the base. This piece was likely collected in Alert Bay, but is distinctly Salish in style. It's supposed that the piece was purchased from one of a few curio-tourist style shops, many of which carried works from artists of varying Nations along the coast.
$700.00
Eagle Transformation Bracelet
Alvin Adkins (Haida)
49 grams Indigenous artwork on the Pacific Northwest Coast often incorporates figures and animals...
49 grams Indigenous artwork on the Pacific Northwest Coast often incorporates figures and animals that are related to crest symbols. Crests have been passed down through families and have varying meanings depending on the context and association with a nation, clan, or family. The figures depicted in contemporary Northwest Coast Indigenous artwork also have varying meanings but there are some common characteristics from a range of sources, including oral histories and artist descriptions. Eag...
$14,000.00
Child Design
Sharon Hitchcock (Haida)
1975 Edition 214/369 Indigenous artwork on the Pacific Northwest Coast often incorporates figures...
1975 Edition 214/369 Indigenous artwork on the Pacific Northwest Coast often incorporates figures and animals that are related to crest symbols. Crests have been passed down through families and have varying meanings depending on the context and association with a nation, clan, or family. The figures depicted in contemporary Northwest Coast Indigenous artwork also have varying meanings but there are some common characteristics from a range of sources, including oral histories and artist descr...
$300.00
Kwakiutl Portrait Mask
Tony Gulbrandsen (Tsimshian)
Indigenous artwork on the Pacific Northwest Coast often incorporates figures and animals that are...
Indigenous artwork on the Pacific Northwest Coast often incorporates figures and animals that are related to crest symbols. Crests have been passed down through families and have varying meanings depending on the context and association with a nation, clan, or family. The figures depicted in contemporary Northwest Coast Indigenous artwork also have varying meanings but there are some common characteristics from a range of sources, including oral histories and artist descriptions. Humans appea...
$900.00
Canoe Ancestor Mask
Tom Patterson (Nuu-chah-nulth)
2002 Indigenous artwork on the Pacific Northwest Coast often incorporates figures and animals tha...
2002 Indigenous artwork on the Pacific Northwest Coast often incorporates figures and animals that are related to crest symbols. Crests have been passed down through families and have varying meanings depending on the context and association with a nation, clan, or family. The figures depicted in contemporary Northwest Coast Indigenous artwork also have varying meanings but there are some common characteristics from a range of sources, including oral histories and artist descriptions. Humans ...
$4,800.00
Killer Whale Transforming Into Human Panel
Phil Gray (Tsimshian)
Indigenous artwork on the Pacific Northwest Coast often incorporates figures and animals that are...
Indigenous artwork on the Pacific Northwest Coast often incorporates figures and animals that are related to crest symbols. Crests have been passed down through families and have varying meanings depending on the context and association with a nation, clan, or family. The figures depicted in contemporary Northwest Coast Indigenous artwork also have varying meanings but there are some common characteristics from a range of sources, including oral histories and artist descriptions.Killer Whale ...
$18,000.00
“Ḵ’aay.yas Gan Unsid” (Elders’ Knowledge)
Yahl'Aadas (Cori Savard) (Haida)
Edition /150 Available Framed for $800 CAD. Please contact the gallery directly. “Where does ou...
Edition /150 Available Framed for $800 CAD. Please contact the gallery directly. “Where does our knowledge come from? To whom are we accountable for its survival? As we continue the work of reclaiming our culture, we honour the Ancestors’ teachings. We honour the Elders who carry this knowledge forward for us. We honour the children who will one day take up this work. From time immemorial we have accepted this responsibility. Our potential is illimitable when we listen to, and learn from on...
$300.00
Diving into the First Plumage Paddle
Travis Peal (Nisga'a)
Paddle stand available for $300 CAD. Please allow 2 to 3 weeks for fabrication. Contact the galle...
Paddle stand available for $300 CAD. Please allow 2 to 3 weeks for fabrication. Contact the gallery directly to order a stand. Indigenous artwork on the Pacific Northwest Coast often incorporates figures and animals that are related to crest symbols. Crests have been passed down through families and have varying meanings depending on the context and association with a nation, clan, or family. The figures depicted in contemporary Northwest Coast Indigenous artwork also have varying meanings bu...
$2,000.00
Canoe Mask
Art Thompson (Nuu-chah-nulth)
1992 Indigenous artwork on the Pacific Northwest Coast often incorporates figures and animals tha...
1992 Indigenous artwork on the Pacific Northwest Coast often incorporates figures and animals that are related to crest symbols. Crests have been passed down through families and have varying meanings depending on the context and association with a nation, clan, or family. The figures depicted in contemporary Northwest Coast Indigenous artwork also have varying meanings but there are some common characteristics from a range of sources, including oral histories and artist descriptions. Canoe M...
$16,000.00
Drifted Ashore House
Klatle-Bhi (Kwakwaka'wakw)
Drifted Ashore House is the name of a Tlingit clan from Tongass, Alaska and speaks to Klatle-bhi’...
Drifted Ashore House is the name of a Tlingit clan from Tongass, Alaska and speaks to Klatle-bhi’s family lineage. It was a Tlingit woman from this clan that married a Kwakiutl man, and was lineage to the Hunt family of the Kwakwaka’wakw Nation; the lineage of Klatle-bhi’s family. The panel is a representation of the long history he has to the Tlingit people, and this clan in particular, with the two faces on the panel meant to represent the male and female ancestors and balance of that line....
$55,000.00
"Bella Coola Face" Mask
Joe Peters Jr. (Kwakwaka'wakw)
1984 Indigenous artwork on the Pacific Northwest Coast often incorporates figures and animals tha...
1984 Indigenous artwork on the Pacific Northwest Coast often incorporates figures and animals that are related to crest symbols. Crests have been passed down through families and have varying meanings depending on the context and association with a nation, clan, or family. The figures depicted in contemporary Northwest Coast Indigenous artwork also have varying meanings but there are some common characteristics from a range of sources, including oral histories and artist descriptions.Humans a...
$2,200.00
Portrait Rattle
Glen Edwards (Salish)
Indigenous artwork on the Pacific Northwest Coast often incorporates figures and animals that are...
Indigenous artwork on the Pacific Northwest Coast often incorporates figures and animals that are related to crest symbols. Crests have been passed down through families and have varying meanings depending on the context and association with a nation, clan, or family. The figures depicted in contemporary Northwest Coast Indigenous artwork also have varying meanings but there are some common characteristics from a range of sources, including oral histories and artist descriptions. Humans appea...
$700.00
Salish Wolf Spirit House Post
Floyd Joseph "Tyee" (Salish)
In 1990, a Vancouver gallery hosted a solo catalogued exhibition titled Tyee for Coast Salish art...
In 1990, a Vancouver gallery hosted a solo catalogued exhibition titled Tyee for Coast Salish artist Floyd Joseph. This exhibition highlighted the unique style of this artist, with bold colours and contemporary interpretations of a wide range of subjects by a modern artist. Floyd Joseph was born in Capilano, North Vancouver, in 1951 and he is a hereditary chief for the Squamish Nation and a full-time artist. The design is based on classic Salish houseposts and depicts a wolf and female form. ...
$18,000.00
Killer Whale Rattle
Ken McNeil (Tahltan)
Dimensions with base: 10 ¾" H x 4" W x 7" D Indigenous artwork on the Pacific Northwest Coast o...
Dimensions with base: 10 ¾" H x 4" W x 7" D Indigenous artwork on the Pacific Northwest Coast often incorporates figures and animals that are related to crest symbols. Crests have been passed down through families and have varying meanings depending on the context and association with a nation, clan, or family. The figures depicted in contemporary Northwest Coast Indigenous artwork also have varying meanings but there are some common characteristics from a range of sources, including oral h...
$8,000.00
Helping Hands
Ses Saunders (Nuxalk)
Edition /60 Available Framed for $800 CAD. Please contact the gallery directly.
Edition /60 Available Framed for $800 CAD. Please contact the gallery directly.
$450.00
The Strength That Resides In Us All
Robert Mills (Tlingit)
"All too often, Tlingit (and all Indigenous) narratives are disregarded as legends or myths, not ...
"All too often, Tlingit (and all Indigenous) narratives are disregarded as legends or myths, not taking into account the thousands of years spent discerning humanity. From those thousands of years spent observing, came to fruition chronicles that were implemented to help navigate generations forward. One of which was the history of Dukt’ootl’ (Blackskin), he is our ‘Strongman’, that is frequently remembered for tearing a seal lion in half; what is often forgotten is the strength he enacted by...
$20,000.00
Portrait Mask
Joshua Prescott-Shaw (Cree)
Indigenous artwork on the Pacific Northwest Coast often incorporates figures and animals that are...
Indigenous artwork on the Pacific Northwest Coast often incorporates figures and animals that are related to crest symbols. Crests have been passed down through families and have varying meanings depending on the context and association with a nation, clan, or family. The figures depicted in contemporary Northwest Coast Indigenous artwork also have varying meanings but there are some common characteristics from a range of sources, including oral histories and artist descriptions.In oral tradi...
$6,000.00
Fisherman's Delight
Robert Davidson (Haida)
Edition /81 This print is available framed for $2,350. Please contact the gallery directly. "Base...
Edition /81 This print is available framed for $2,350. Please contact the gallery directly. "Based on a 2019 acrylic-on-canvas work of the same title. At that time, Davidson explained the work's inspiration: 'I went fishing with Reg and his friend Tom Wylie last summer. I was really taken because they were charged with excitement. They kept handing me a rod but I was just happy to watch because they were really interesting... When we went to the river to fish we were excited to know that we h...
$1,800.00