Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;komokwa, post: 11391422, member: 301&quot;]sunken eyes , loose skin on the cheeks , pursed lips calling out , cedar bark to suggest hair strewn with seaweed and underwater flotsam ...... a haunting mask to be sure !</p><p><br /></p><p>Pook - Ubs&nbsp;&nbsp; , the legend of the drowned Whaler .</p><p><br /></p><p>Your pal has a nice mask !</p><p>I&#039;d suggest an American Makah , whom I may or may not know , circa 1970&#039;s or 80&#039;s , without seeing the back or siggy , which is always a big part of identifying a carving like this.</p><p>Micah Vogel , Micah McCarty , Greg Colfax , are some of the names that come to mind......... but ya gotta see the back .</p><p><br /></p><p>Younger carvers will use a rougher cedar bark, but as they develop , the bark tends to be finer or beaten for a more subtle finer look...........</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.thelegacyltd.com/Northwest-Coast-Native-American-Indian-Art-Seattle/Mask1-38_files/ColfaxGPookubstMask14W.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>as Greg Colfax shows here. More mask, less cedar..! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>My Dad always talked joyfully about going fishing in Neah Bay when he was younger !!</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for showing this ![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in