Incredible Northwest Coast native carved wooden OWL, First Nations Abalone inlay

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Incredible Northwest Coast native carved wooden OWL, First Nations Abalone inlay:
$142.55

Absolutely incredible Master carving!!!

Northwest Coast native carvedOWL by the Kwakiutl artist Gino Seward!

His deep and clean cutsreally shows his talent and love for this Art. He kept it natural - no stain, no paint - it speaks for itself! He added an Abalone eye which makes this piece even more outstanding!

It\'s 16\" tall, 8\" wide and 1\" hick!!! Absolutely great condition, no chips, cracks or damages!

Gino Seward was born March 8, 1972 in Nanaimo on Vancouver Island. Gino is of the Nanaimo, or Sne ney mux, band of Coast Salish on his father\'s side. They are part of the larger network of Vancouver Island\'s Salish tribes called the Hul\'qumi\'num. Though at the furthest west boundary of the extensive lands of Salish speaking nations, the Hul\'qumi\'num remained so connected to their Salish relations of the Fraser Valley, that whole villages would travel over the straight en masse by canoe flotilla. There they spent two months each year fishing the sockeye Salmon returning to spawn, and feasting with the Sto:lo bands of the Fraser River.

On his mother\'s side however, Gino belongs to the Tswataineuk band of the Kwakwaka\'wakw - \"speakers of Kwakwala\" - or Kwakiutl nations. The Kwakiutl\'s territory stretches from NorthEastern Vancouver Island to the adjacent mainland and covers the many Islands in between. They are the Northwest\'s masters of art and dram, traditionally spending half their year living with family clans, and half the year within secret societies. These societies performed masked dances in winter ceremonies, which overshadowed the pageantry and spectacle of all the other potlatching nations of the pacific coast. In fact, the seclusion of the Kwakiutl\'s many inlets and island communities allowed them to continue potlatching in secret during Canada\'s oppressive ban of the potlatch from 1885 until 1951.

Gino became involved in Native Art in 1983. He was taught by his Salish grandfather and by the Kwakiutl master carvers Jackson Robertson and William Robertson.

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