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Kenny (Skyler) Puglas
Nugwa'am Gatinukw, Gayutlan Iax Musgamakw Dzawada'enuxw tlu Mamalikala
Kenny (Skyler) Puglas is from the four tribes from Kingcome Inlet, BC and Village Island. Puglas comes from a rich heritage of hereditary chiefs and practices my culture by
sustaining the ceremonial masks and legends of his village.
Kenny S. Puglas has been designing and carving Dzawada'enuxw art pieces for about fifteen years. He is self-taught and has studied other artists in his village but is mainly self-taught. Puglas learned formline of his hereditary lineage at age 11 and uses traditional colours for ceremonial works and contemporary colours for non-ceremonial pieces.
Bukwas Mask
Kenny Skyler Puglas (Kwakwaka'wakw)
Known from the stories of the Kwakwaka’wakw people, Bookwus (Wild Man of the Woods) is a supernat...
Known from the stories of the Kwakwaka’wakw people, Bookwus (Wild Man of the Woods) is a supernatural being who lurks on the edges of forests and near streams trying to lure living people and the souls of those who have drowned into his invisible abode. Also known as the Keeper of Drowned Souls, Bookwus forces his victims to eat his ghost food, which causes them to become like him, condemned to eternal hunger and wandering. When danced, Bookwus emits a low wheezing sound which is made by the ...
$2,200.00
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