I'd agree with "detailed and thoughtful;" and they do make an attractive display, more accurately reflecting the NW Coast style than do many other...
And yes, Wasco = Sea Wolf. Some representations might look a bit like an orca or killer-whale, but with legs. Quite similar to a sea-bear, but...
It looks a bit like a giant cigarette-rolling machine....
As mentioned in the other thread on Thorn Arts: Thorn arts was a casting firm, and was not engaged in making reproductions of wood carvings, but...
Philip Thorn was the name used on a line of cast products, made by "Thorn Arts," a company founded by Philip Thornburg. Many of the cast items...
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I'm not an amber expert, and don't mean to hijack the thread or induce arguments....but I have a saved link that mentions "Amber is fluorescent in...
I can't add anything regarding the character represented, if any; but my parents had several similar; not masks as such, but decorative...
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Yes; the Wadhams are a largish family, Kwakwakaw 'wakw First Nations, originally from the Alert Bay area. Ray is of at least the second...
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