Killer Whale Mask Dogfish or Shark Woman

Killer Whale Mask Dogfish or Shark WomanThis Killer Whale or Maxinukw Mask is hand carved in red cedar and signed by Kwakwaka'wakw artist Talon George from the Gwasala and Nakwaxdaxw First Nations in Port Hardy on Vancouver Island. This large mask has been painted in black, white, red, brown, and green acrylic, and carved from a single piece of red cedar. Talon's mask incorporates design elements and markings inspired by the carvings of his ancestors. Green and white bubbles adorn the

The pendant measures approximately 1 3/4 inches or 4 1/2 centimeters wide

the Heron appears as an industrious old man

the fisherman suddenly pulls the line

The mask has been carved from red cedar

One has to understand

and 32 inches or 81 centimeters deep

The mask is painted in acrylic paint and has cedar bark around the rim

we are akin to the brown bear waking from a long winter’s slumber

and about 14 inches or 36 centimeters deep including the cedar bark

from the Haida Nation

Legendary stories about Kulus frequently recount how the bird gets so hot that it has a tendency to sweat profusely

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