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Friday, 06 September 2024
Totems
Friday, 06 September 2024
From the Ashes of 1894 Eagle over Bear House 6
16 x 20 Oil on Canvas $350 Half of this pole was destroyed in a fire in 1894. The remaining top portion collapsed in 2018
Image ID: 1894.jpg
A Visitor to the Alsford Pole
24 x36 Oil on Canvas $900 Carved by Henry Hunt, this commissioned pole stands next to the Grand Union Canal in Berkhamsted England
Image ID: Alsford.jpg
The Three Amigos
16 x 20 Oil on Canvas $400 3 of the most visited Mortuary poles at the village site, First Eagle, Great Killer Whale and Little Bear
Image ID: Amigos.jpg
Little Bear and Sea Creature
24 x 36 Oil on canvas $900 Little Bear stands at House 11, Ninstints, elevated from the water and still in fairly good condition.
Image ID: bear and serpent.jpg
Bear at Ninstints
16 x 20 Oil on Canvas $350 This is Bear-with-faces-on-Paws, House 16 Ninstints
Image ID: bear at ninstints.jpg
Little Bear at Dawn
16 x 20 Oil on Canvas $350 Little Bear at House 12 as it would have looked in the 1960's
Image ID: dawn.jpg
First Eagle and Little Bear Edge of the Forest
16 x 20 Oil on Canvas $350 2 of the 3 Mortuary poles that stood at House 12 Ninstints
Image ID: eagle bear edge.jpg
Great Bear in Evening Light
16 x 24 Oil on Canvas $450 Currently on showing at the Kube Gallery in Ft. Langley
Image ID: evening light.jpg
Fallen Beaver with Frog
16 x 16 Oil on Canvas $300 From House 7 Ninstints. When it was pulled over in a windstorm, a stump was placed under it to slow its decay.
Image ID: fallen beaver.jpg
Great Killer Whale Foggy Morning
16 x 24 Oil on Canvas Currently on showing at the Kube Gallery in Ft. Langley
Image ID: GKW foggy.jpg
Grizzly and Cub Alaska
24 x 30 Oil on Canvas $600 A modern pole in the Tlingit fashion showing a cub on momma's head.
Image ID: griz and cub.jpg
The Poles of House 6
18 x 24 Oil on Canvas $450 The left hand mortuary pole was heavily damaged in an 1894 fire. Pole on the right is a memorial pole
Image ID: house 6.jpg
Killer Whale and Beaver House 7
18 x 24 Oil on Canvas $450 These 2 Mortuary poles are shown as they would have looked around 1890. Both stood until the 1950's. Both fell over because trees grew out of their tops and were caught in windstorms.
Image ID: house 7.jpg
Chief Kanskanai 1901
16 x 20 Oil on Canvas $350 from a museum photo This was the only mortuary pole removed from Ninstints in 1957. It was returned to the Haida Nation in 2019
Image ID: kanskanai.jpg
Wolf at Ketchikan
24 x 30 Oil on Canvas $600 A modern pole that stands at the port of Ketchikan Alaska.
Image ID: Ketchikan.jpg
Killer Whale at Koona
16 x 24 Oil on Canvas $400 One of the few poles I have painted that is not at Ninstints. The details of the carving are spectacular.
Image ID: koona.jpg
Looking out to the Sea
30x 40 Oil on Canvas $900 Ninstints was a fishing village. These Mortuary poles face the beach and harbour of the village site.
Image ID: looking.jpg
Modern Haida Pole
18 x 24 Oil on Canvas $450 A modern Haida pole Haida Gwaii. The inverted face represent a defeated enemy.
Image ID: modern.jpg
Morning Mist at Ninstints
16 x 24 Oil on Canvas $450 Bear-with-faces-on-Paws One of the better preserved poles still standing at Ninstints.
Image ID: morning mist.jpg
Mortuary G House 6 Ninstints
16 x 20 Oil on Canvas $350 Originally an eagle over a bear, this pole was mostly destroyed in an 1894 fire.
Image ID: mort G.jpg
Mortuary W Ninstints The Lower jaw of Bear-With-faces-on-Paws has been lost in this modern image
12 x 24 Oil on canvas $300 This pole has deteriorated over the years. It once almost fell over but was re-set to vertical and still stands proud.
Image ID: mort W.jpg
The North End of Ninstints
24 x 30 Oil on Canvas $600 A view of the Chief Xoya Mortuary pole and the beach that it stands above
Image ID: north.jpg
Second Eagle October Morning
16 x 24 Oil on Canvas $450 Currently on showing at the KUBE Gallery in Ft. Langley
Image ID: October morn.jpg
Second Eagle at Ninstints
12 x 24 Oil on canvas $350 Mortuary Q at House 14, this pole originally had a beak centered in its face
Image ID: SE at Nin.jpg
Sea Grizzly Eating
16 x 28 Oil on Canvas $500 A Mythical creature, the Sea Grizzly is depicted eating a Seal
Image ID: sea griz.jpg
Second Eagle 1940
10 x 20 Oil on Canvas $280 From a Museum photo, this image shows one of the boards of the face plate still in place.
Image ID: second eagle.jpg
A Spirit Returns to the Earth
36 x 36 Oil on Canvas $1200 Mortuary J The Haida believe that the spirit of a chief interred in a pole will only be released when the pole rots and return to the earth
Image ID: slow descent inst.jpg
Chief Skedans in Stanley Park
16 x 20 Oil on Canvas $350 A replica of the Mortuary Pole of Chief Skedans, last chief of the village of Koona, carved by Bill Reid
Image ID: SP skedans.jpg
Treasure on the Forest Floor
36 x 36 Oil on Canvas $1200 A grave marker, probably for a Shaman, in Haida Gwaii
Image ID: Treasure.jpg
A View from the Beach Little Bear and First Eagle
24 x36 Oil on canvas $1000 2 Iconic poles at Ninstints as they would have looked around 1960
Image ID: view from the beach.jpg
The Watchmen at Dawn
24 x 30 Oil on Canvas $600 Many House Frontal Poles include the Watchmen as guardian figures at the top of the pole
Image ID: watchmen.jpg
The Face of Xoya
36 x 36 Oil on canvas $1200 The Mortuary Pole of Chief Xoya, House 17 Ninstints Situated at the far north end of the village
Image ID: Xoya.jpg
