Nak'waxda'xw Warrior Mask Lightning Snake

Nak'waxda'xw Warrior Mask Lightning SnakeThis 'Nak'waxda'xw Warrior Mask is hand carved and signed by Kwakwaka'wakw artist Talon George from the Gwasala and Nakwaxdaxw First Nations in Port Hardy on Vancouver Island. The mask has been carved from red cedar, painted in red, brown, and black acrylic, and trimmed cedar bark. The last image shows Talon holding the mask. The mask including the cedar bark measures approximately 20 inches or 51 centimeters high, 16 1 2 inches or 42 centimeters

They were happy and the mother-in-law remembered her prediction

These Raven and the Light Earrings have been hand-carved by Haida artist Amy Edgars

including the lid

The mask is enhanced by the addition of two copper and abalone eyes

They would tell me things

with three mother of pearl inlays on the tail fin

Fences went up and lines were drawn on maps

To share a piece of nuuchahnulth wisdom hishukish cawaak  'everything is one

DIGGING CLAMS

what else could you call Cape Mudge

Reflecting his maternal heritage

Our non-profit society Taking Back Our Culture Association held a Nuu-Chah-Nulth language camp in Esperanza