Kal-Hon (Supernatural Octopus) [Framed]
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by Henry Green
Serigraph, Edition of 160
Framed
31.75 x 31.25 x 1.75"
$1,170.00 CAD
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Serigraph, Edition of 160
Framed
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Gwis Gwaask’m Laxha
Corey Moraes
$120.00 CADSerigraph, Edition of 75
Unframed
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Interconnections
Andy Everson
$200.00 CADGiclee, Edition of 99
2003
Unframed
(For inquiries on custom framing, please contact the gallery)
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Quwut Sun
lessLIE Sam
$200.00 CADSerigraph, Edition of 100
2005
Unframed
(For inquiries on custom framing, please contact the gallery)
“This contemporary Coast Salish sun design is an attempt to mediate between the Hul’qumi’num language (the language of the Cowichan Tribes) and English. There have been various anglecized spellings of this Hul’qumi’num toponym (place name), such as “Cowichan,” “Khowutzun,” and the currently accepted “Quwutsun.” This Hul’qumi’num term has been simplified and misinterpreted as meaning “The Warm Land,” when it should be more correctly interpreted as meaning “warmed by the sun,” or “basking in the sun with your back turned to the sun.”
The four eclipsed suns surrounding the central sun symbolize the darkness of ignorance blocking Daylight, a powerful source of truth.”
–lessLIE
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British Columbia Welcomes the World (Artist Proof)
Susan Point
$1,295.00 CADSerigraph, Artist’s Proof, Edition of V
1994
Unframed
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Ancestral Spirit Bentwood Box
Henry Green
Price upon requestRed Cedar wood, Acrylic paint
Henry Green’s ‘Ancestral Spirit Box’ demonstrates the extensive history of the artist’s Tsimshian community. Each panel has complex layers of family history throughout and is essentially Henry’s ancestry carved into the wood.
The central figure of ‘Ancestral Spirit Bentwood Box’ represents a story told to Henry by his father regarding the importance of paying respect to the supernatural spirit Nok-nok.
Along the Nass River in northern BC, where there were many Tsimshian villages situated, there are two large boulders of important significance. While travelling in the canoes along the Nass River, whenever the Tsimshian people came upon these two boulders, they would stop and pay tribute to the Nok-nok spirit leaving offerings of food and gifts while performing a ceremonial dance. They believed this practice would allow them safe passage and protection during their journey. On Henry Green’s bentwood box, the Nok-nok spirit is depicted with his face and hands projecting outwards in friendship and peace.
The additional three sides of the box depict an evolution of ancestral crest designs. Through supernatural events and intermarriage, clans would gain and lose crest figures. Each side of “Ancestral Spirit Box” is the visual telling of Henry’s personal lineage and characterizes the interchange of crests throughout the living generations. The main form-line design grows and changes, taking on elements of new creatures such as the Eagle, Salmon, and Raven to name a few.