Northwest Coast First Nation Kwakwaka'wakw Cedar Five Panel Box "Haida Whale "

Description

Exquisite Authentic Northwest Coast First Nation Kwakwaka'wakw
deep hand carved Five Panel
Box depicting "Haida Whale" and symbols!
Artist: Signed, Handmade Cedar Box and Stand, deep hand carved panels (5)-carved & painted by renowned carver-artist Gilbert Dawson.
Panel Box Size: Large 15-1/2" Long x 10-1/2" Wide x  9" Tall  x  3/4" Thick Cedar Box,  Net Weight: Very Very Heavy 9 lb. 5.4 oz. (Unpackaged)
Like New-Great Condition-excellent quality-artistry!  Please view photo's.
Gilbert  Dawson
Artist
First Nation
Born
Gilbert  Dawson
Kwakwaka'wakw
Alert Bay, BC, CANADA, 1984
Gilbert Dawson is a member of the Kwakwaka’wakw Nation, whose land has always been on the west side of Vancouver Island and the nearby part of the British Columbia mainland, just north of present-day Vancouver. Gilbert’s mother Marilyn is sister to John Lancaster, an expert jeweler. The tradition of Northwest Coast Native Art was passed on to Gilbert by two well-known artists, Beau Dick and Joe Wilson.
Gilbert carves masks and panel boxes out of red or yellow cedar. In July 2001 he carved masks for a potlatch hosted by James Speck, and danced in the ceremony with those masks. He also carves feasting bowls, which have always been an integral part of Native culture along the coast. Gilbert intends to have a future in mask carving.
Gilbert is very much in tune with his Native heritage. In addition to his participation in potlatch ceremonies, he is seventy-five percent fluent in his Nation’s language and a singer of traditional songs through which the stories and beliefs of the Native peoples have survived.