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Building an Igloo
Artist Unknown
Price upon requestInukjuak
Basalt, Bone
c. 1960Provenance:
Alaska Shop Gallery of Eskimo Art
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Totem Pole Carving: Bringing a Pole to Life [Second Edition]
Vickie Jensen
$45.00 CADIn 1985, photographer and writer Vickie Jensen spent three months with Nisga’a artist Norman Tait and his crew of young carvers as they transformed a raw cedar log into a forty-two-foot totem pole for the BC Native Education Centre. Having spent years recovering the traditional knowledge that informed his carving, Tait taught his crew to make their own tools, carve, and design regalia, and together they practiced traditional stories and songs for the pole-raising ceremony.
Totem Pole Carving shares two equally rich stories: the step-by-step work of carving and the triumph of Tait teaching his crew the skills and traditions necessary to create a massive cultural artifact. Jensen captures the atmosphere of the carving shed — the conversations and problem-solving, the smell of fresh cedar chips, the adzes and chainsaws, the blistered hands, the tension-relieving humor, the ever-present awareness of tradition, and the joy of creation. Generously illustrated with more than 130 striking photographs, and originally published as Where the People Gather, this second edition features a new preface from Jensen and an updated, lifetime-spanning survey of Tait’s major works.
Published in 2020
Softcover
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Sterling Silver Curb Chain
Coastal Peoples Gallery
$8.00 CAD–$60.00 CADSterling silver, Made in Italy
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Sterling Silver Snake Chain
Coastal Peoples Gallery
$8.00 CAD–$32.00 CADSterling silver, Made in Italy
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“Weaving Design” Necklace
Sharifah Marsden
$140.00 CADSterling silver, Cast
0.5 x 1″ (Pendant) + 17″ Sterling silver Curb Chain
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Adjustable 14K Gold Chain
Coastal Peoples Gallery
$350.00 CAD14K Yellow Gold
0.9mm
Made in IndonesiaAdjusts up to 22″
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