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CEREMONIAL MASKS are created in various forms from human portraits to animals to spirits, including transformation masks with moving beaks and jaws. The shapes and styles vary greatly depending upon their purpose and function, and are designed to tell stories and share knowledge. Some can be danced by a single performer while others require an attendant for the mask to be used. Although contemporary masks may push the boundaries of the form, they continue to retain their cultural and historic significance.
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Tsonokwa (Wild Woman) Mask
Raymond Shaw
CA$28,500.00Red Cedar wood, Horse hair, Acrylic paint
37 x 25.5 x 11″ (mask only)
50 x 30 x 11″ (including hair) -
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“Huupulth – Portal to the Spirit Realm” Sun Mask
Moy Sutherland
CA$24,000.00Red Cedar wood, Abalone shell, Horse Hair, Acrylic paint
45 x 41 x 9 (including hair)
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Crooked Beak Mask
Raymond Shaw
CA$20,500.00Red Cedar wood, Cedar bark, Acrylic paint
23 x 11 x 39″ (mask only)
53 x 12 x 42″ (including bark & stand)
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Moon Mask
Klatle Bhi
CA$20,500.00Red Cedar wood
Exquisitely carved in rich red cedar, this captivating Moon Mask constitutes yet another variation on the beautiful pieces that have characterized much of Klatle-Bhi’s recent work.
The Moon is seen as a symbol of protection and guardianship, and is often associated with transformation. Due to its mystical powers, Shamans will sometimes call upon it as a spirit guide. It is believed that the Moon is responsible for affecting and changing one’s mood, similar to the way in which it controls tidal changes and illuminates the dark sky.
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“Sunrise” Cast Mask
Kyran Yeomans
CA$15,000.00Bronze Cast
Edition of 12
24 x 24 x 10″ (mask only)
28.5 x 26 x 15.5″ (including base)
“It seems, at times, the material will give direction to what will come. This was the case for this piece. As it became clearer that it was to become a sun figure, the idea of it being a companion for a moon piece I had done many years previously excited me. The timing possesses a feeling of cosmic intention to it, a cyclical weight.
Arriving after ten years of darkness, the sun appears, bringing with it a new season. Life awakening after hibernation, new green finding its way into being, spring. Illumination. Newness. Difference. Balance. Growth, in all its awkwardness and vulnerability. Foreshadowing.
I [wrote] these words in the summer of 2021, after welcoming my son into this world a few weeks ago. I look back and see this piece giving me a big empyrean wink. May it warm and light your space and voyage through these three dimensions (…and beyond).” – Kyran Yeomans
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“Sunrise” Cast Mask
Kyran Yeomans
CA$15,000.00Bronze Cast
Edition of 12
“It seems, at times, the material will give direction to what will come. This was the case for this piece. As it became clearer that it was to become a sun figure, the idea of it being a companion for a moon piece I had done many years previously excited me. The timing possesses a feeling of cosmic intention to it, a cyclical weight.
Arriving after ten years of darkness, the sun appears, bringing with it a new season. Life awakening after hibernation, new green finding its way into being, spring. Illumination. Newness. Difference. Balance. Growth, in all its awkwardness and vulnerability. Foreshadowing.
I [wrote] these words in the summer of 2021, after welcoming my son into this world a few weeks ago. I look back and see this piece giving me a big empyrean wink. May it warm and light your space and voyage through these three dimensions (…and beyond).” – Kyran Yeomans
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Moon & Ravens Mask
Don Yeomans
CA$15,000.00Cast Forton, Edition of 12
Unframed
(For inquiries on Custom Framing, please contact the gallery)
Cast Forton is suitable for both outdoor and indoor display.
“When I decided to carve a Moon mask, I wanted it to depict something beyond Haida legend. Traditionally, Raven is represented with the Sun and Moon because of his role in placing these heavenly elements into our sky. With my mask, the female Moon is surrounded by two Ravens – a male and female. They represent myself and my wife Trace, as we are both from the Haida Raven clan. Looking at the stars and moon on clear nights just happens to be one of our favourite things to do.” – Don Yeomans
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Gagiid Mask
Reg Davidson
CA$14,500.00Red Cedar wood, Yellow Cedar wood, Acrylic paint, Horse hair
Gagiid is a wild, otherworldly creature who has been transformed through a traumatic maritime experience. Some believe that he can be found lurking on the forest edge and near streams, collecting the souls of the drowned and trying to persuade unwitting humans to eat his ghostly food, causing them to become otherworldly like him. However, it is not all doom and gloom – as with any transformation, it is possible for Gagiid to be tamed and re-enter the human world again.
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Raven Transformation Mask
Barry Scow
CA$11,500.00Red Cedar wood, Abalone shell, Feathers, Cedar bark, Acrylic paint
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Shaman Transformation Mask
Moy Sutherland
CA$11,000.00Alder wood, Cedar bark, Horse Hair, Abalone shell, Acrylic paint
Articulated
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Raven Mask
Tom D. Hunt
CA$10,800.00Red Cedar wood, Cedar bark, Acrylic paint
16 x 10 x 28″ (without stand)
28 x 10.5 x 28″ (with stand) -
Eagle Mask
Robert Saunders
CA$9,800.00Red Cedar wood, Cedar bark, Acrylic paint
13.5 x 17 x 12″ (mask only)
23.5 x 21.5 x 15″ (including bark & stand) -
Shaman Mask
Raymond Shaw
CA$9,800.00Yellow Cedar wood, Horsehair, Acrylic paint
22 x 16 x 12″ (mask only)
40 x 18 x 13″ (including hair)
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White Raven Mask
Bert Smith
CA$9,800.00Red Cedar wood, Cedar bark, Acrylic paint
43 x 36 x 10″ (including cedar bark)
47 x 36 x 16.75″ (including cedar bark & stand)
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“Louder Than Words” Mask
Kyran Yeomans
CA$9,500.00Alder wood, Acrylic paint
“It is New Year’s Day, and Dad mentions seeing a fallen alder tree in the woods by his studio. We hike down to it, about a hundred and fifty steps or so, and cut it into a few pieces with a chainsaw. It is raining pretty hard for added dramatic effect.
We load a few pieces onto a dolly and take turns pulling/pushing the two-hundred-pound load back up the stairs we had come down. This takes an hour. For the second dolly load, we decide to go down the stairs and just push the dolly for a few kilometers on a hilly trail instead.I had initially intended something quite different for this mask, and I used that idea as a starting point. Part of the process for me these days is allowing for new directions to present themselves, and getting comfortable with letting go and pursuing them. The feathers at this person’s mouth suggest a power of speech. I have been thinking lately that there is more to what we hear and say than the words themselves. There is a feeling, intent, and vibrational energy as well. The feathers here may provide a way to transcend our physiological boundaries and amplify the message further.” – Kyran Yeomans
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