Wooden bowl for grease with bulging ends and formline animal designs carved on the outside. [CAK 14/08/2009]

Item purchased at Stevens Auction Rooms sale 15 August 1933

Finely carved spoon carved with a raven headed handle from alder. The raven' s head is highly stylised. The spoon is signed underneath the neck of the handle. The artist belongs to the Nimpkish tribe, born in Alert Bay, B.C., in 1955. She now lives in Chemainus, Vancouver Island, and through marriage to a Coast Salish man is now a member of the Penelakut Band. Lorraine is the great grand-daughter of the late Mungo Martin; Good

A raven bowl carved from alder. The bowl is a stylised raven with U-forms carved into the wings folding round the bowl body of the bird. The bowl is signed underneath. The bowl was carved by Lorraine E. Charlie, a Kwagiulth artist. It is a remarkably stylised and beautifully simple rendering of the often produced Raven. The bowl is modern but references the traditional subject matter and style of Northwest Coast art form. This particular bowl is a working piece, a prototype of further bowls; originally not for sale but happily sold to become part of a museum collection. The artist belongs to the Nimpkish tribe, born in Alert Bay, B.C., in 1955. She now lives in Chemainus, Vancouver Island, and through marriage to a Coast Salish man is now a member of the Penelakut Band. Lorraine is the great grand-daughter of the late Mungo Martin; Excellent

A shaman mask, carved by Coast Salish artist George Pennier, in alder, painted with acrylic paint and with black human hair. The mask has upward turned eyes rimmed with red, heavy black eyebrows, and an open mouth with protruding tongue. Signed on the reverse of the mask and dated 1990. The mask was carved by a Coast Salish artist, George Pennier, a resident of Chilliwack, B.C. The style of the mask is Northern rather than Coast Salish, attributed to the fact some artists carve in styles that are not necessarily their own tribal group. The upturned eyes and protruding tongue represent a shaman in a trance, part of shamanic ritual during spirit quests and curing ceremonies. Shamanism, and its representation in art forms, is udergoing a hidden revival on the Northwest Coast indigenous community. This mask was made for sale and was purchased at Hill' s Indian Arts and Crafts Shop in Vancouver. Excellent

A fine paddle with oar-shaped blade painted with a design composed of eye-ovoids and U-forms with cross- hatching. The designs on the two sides of the blade are different. The design is possibly a bird but it is highly abstract.; Good