Bear Family Copper
Don Yeomans (Haida)

Edition 5/12 Price includes stand. Bear is a dominant crest symbol. Bears are closely related to ...

Edition 5/12 Price includes stand. Bear is a dominant crest symbol. Bears are closely related to humans especially when standing on their hind legs, bridging the human and non-human realms. Their strength and intelligence are universally respected and they are considered to be helping spirits of warriors. Bear is often depicted with a short snout, round paws, stubby tail and bared teeth.

Killer Whale Paddle
Ross Henderson (Kwakwaka'wakw)

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...

Bird in the Air
Robert Davidson (Haida)

Edition /5 Base Dimensions: 2 ½" H x 85 ½" L x 23" D Indigenous artwork on the Pacific Northwest...

Edition /5 Base Dimensions: 2 ½" H x 85 ½" L x 23" 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, includin...

Eagle
Val Malesku (Cree)

Measurements with base: 12" H x 28 ¼" W x 5" D Indigenous artwork on the Pacific Northwest Coast...

Measurements with base: 12" H x 28 ¼" W x 5" 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...

Tlingit Basket, Amber/Midnight
Preston Singletary (Tlingit)

Tlingit glass artist Preston Singletary is well known for these beautiful basket forms. He refere...

Tlingit glass artist Preston Singletary is well known for these beautiful basket forms. He references objects like the traditional spruce root baskets from his Tlingit heritage in his glasswork as a way of rethinking and re-contextualizing the item. In doing so he imbues these pieces with the elegance and beauty that the traditional woven forms are so well known for.

Tlingit Basket, Amber/Orange
Preston Singletary (Tlingit)

Tlingit glass artist Preston Singletary is well known for these beautiful basket forms. He refere...

Tlingit glass artist Preston Singletary is well known for these beautiful basket forms. He references objects like the traditional spruce root baskets from his Tlingit heritage in his glasswork as a way of rethinking and re-contextualizing the item. In doing so he imbues these pieces with the elegance and beauty that the traditional woven forms are so well known for.

Glass Totem Pole
Don Yeomans (Haida)

This is the prototype for an outdoor lit glass totem pole that Douglas worked on with Don Yeomans...

This is the prototype for an outdoor lit glass totem pole that Douglas worked on with Don Yeomans (Haida). Future commissions of this type could be completed with a different artist.

Eagle Panel
Larry (Lawrence) Rosso (Carrier)

Edition 2/5 Indigenous artwork on the Pacific Northwest Coast often incorporates figures and anim...

Edition 2/5 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.E...

Killer Whale and Raven Totem
Robert Davidson (Haida)

c. late 1960sThis is a beautiful argillite pole carved by Robert Davidson and signed "Robert Davi...

c. late 1960sThis is a beautiful argillite pole carved by Robert Davidson and signed "Robert Davidson Jr." indicating this was completed before the death of his grandfather, Robert Davidson Sr, in 1969. This argillite pole has been meticulously detailed, and then the entire surface was polished with wettened emery cloth leaving it with a jet-black sheen.

Sea Bear
Don Yeomans (Haida)

Edition /5This piece is stored off-site. To arrange a viewing, please contact the gallery directl...

Edition /5This piece is stored off-site. To arrange a viewing, please contact the gallery directly.An encounter with a Sea Bear would not be easily forgotten. Among the Haida people, oral histories sustain the memory of this imposing, magical spirit, with its origins at the beginning of the world. A hybrid animal with features of the whale and bear, the sea bear had all the subtle swiftness of the whale and the predatory power of the bear, carrying the mass and presence of both. Traversing la...

Eagle and Frog Tiles
Don Yeomans (Haida)

Edition /50Each tile measures 20" H x 20" WShown in a 3 x 3 configuration with a matte black pati...

Edition /50Each tile measures 20" H x 20" WShown in a 3 x 3 configuration with a matte black patina. Available in various patinas and configurations.Eagle is one of the most important beings in the art and mythology of the Northwest Coast. It is respected for its intel­ligence and power, as well as its extraordinary vision, in both the literal and figurative senses. Eagles in myth are, likewise, usu­ally noble characters. Eagle is revered as a powerful hunter. Groups of mythical Eagles may ga...

Noisy Fin
Robert Davidson (Haida)

Edition 4/7 Indigenous artwork on the Pacific Northwest Coast often incorporates figures and anim...

Edition 4/7 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.K...

Welcome Frog Aluminum Gate
Don Yeomans (Haida)

To celebrate our 20th anniversary we approached Don Yeomans to make two special pieces for the ga...

To celebrate our 20th anniversary we approached Don Yeomans to make two special pieces for the gallery. The first was the design for the gallery's red aluminum gate, and the second was for a commemorative bronze edition. For both pieces, Don and Doug chose a frog design. For the door, Don said that he always has liked the friendly look of a frog and sees it as a welcoming figure. For the Bronze, Doug liked the association of Frogs with good luck, which appears in many cultures. On the opening...

Sunrise
Kyran Yeomans (Haida)

Edition /12 Bronze Patina Sun is generally a symbol of life and creative power. Usually male, Su...

Edition /12 Bronze Patina Sun is generally a symbol of life and creative power. Usually male, Sun is often depicted as a powerful supernatural chief. Sun is usually depicted with a rounded humanlike face surrounded by long rays, sometimes shells or copper is used to emphasize brightness.

Shore to Shore
Luke Marston (Salish)

Edition 3/12Measurements do not include base.This cast edition of 12 is a portion of Marston's br...

Edition 3/12Measurements do not include base.This cast edition of 12 is a portion of Marston's bronze installation in Stanley Park which stands at the site of the artist's family’s ancestral village site X̲wáýx̲way and commemorates the history of his ancestors, Portuguese Joe and his first and second Salish wives, Khaltinaht and Kwatleemaat. Marston is the great-great-grandson of Portuguese Joe and Kwatleemaat.

Nanasimgit and the Whale
Don Yeomans (Haida)

Edition 6/12 This piece is stored offsite. Please contact the gallery to arrange viewing. The sto...

Edition 6/12 This piece is stored offsite. Please contact the gallery to arrange viewing. The story of Nanasimgit has long been told amongst the Haida, and Tsimshian of the Northern Northwest Coast. Amongst the Tsimshian, Nanasimgit is known as Gunarhnesemgyet or Gunar. The story tells of a woman being taken by the Killer Whales and made to marry. Nanasimgit ventures to the home of the Killer Whales to retrieve his wife and bring her home (Barbeau 1953: 269-286).