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Available framed for $1,400 CAD. Please contact the gallery directly.
Wolf is a principal crest among many Northwest Coast cultures and in many regions is a figure related to hunting and fishing. Among the Tlingit, Wolf is one of the two main clans, the other being Eagle. To Tsimshian groups, Wolf is one of four main clans. Wolf is often connected to Killer Whale, with both animals exhibiting similar hunting and familial patterns. Some oral traditions describe Wolf’s ability to transform into Killer Whale. Among the Nuu-chah-nulth and the Wolf Dance is an important Winter Ceremony. Initiates are kidnapped by a supernatural Wolf pack and reintroduced to society upon their return where new dances, songs, and stories are performed and meant to be passed down to later generations. In Kwakwaka’wakw tradition, the Wolf Dance is one of the few dances where women wear carved Wolf headdresses.
Encapsulating the Wolf crest figure, the artist has also incorporated elements of Salish design.
The Wolf is Supernatural in that it transforms from Orca to hunt the sea to Wolf to hunt the land. Elemental signifies the Wolf is Supernatural and also signifies the Salish Elements
