Kwakiutl dug-out canoe with Hok-hok mask for welcoming ceremony, Bella Bella Anniversary - 21 years 

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My book on the Northwest Native canoe culture. 

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Here's one of the tricks to carving a Northwest coast Native canoe: To make the canoe the proper thickness along it's length you drill holes and insert pre-cut wooden pegs; a finger thick for the sides and two fingers thick for bottom. Then you hollow out the canoe until all the pegs are at the surface of the wood. Now your canoe is a uniform thickness from bow to stern.

Easy? Any way you do it, it is a very big job to hollow out a dug-out canoe,.

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The 20th anniversary of the journey to Bella Bella this summer. 

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Is anyone from the Wolf clan? A sterling silver Wolf Bracelet, deep and detailed. 

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Source: http://www.davidneel.com/jewelry-bracelets-c-53_3.html

Happy Aboriginal Day everybody!

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One inch wide is perfect for a bracelet, do you agree? 

Orca & Bear, sterling silver.

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The sketch for my next painting: The undersea world - Sea-eagle, Orca, Seal & Salmon

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I used to go visit Bill Reid regularly when he had a studio at Granville Island, and I photographed and interviewed him several times. So when I carved my first canoe I naturally sought his advice. I will never forget that he told me, "I was the only Native that ever asked his advice about canoe carving." His canoe, the Lootas, is one of the finest canoes ever made.

That was the most valuable thing that I ever learned from Bill: That you should never be afraid to ask for help from your elders.

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A Kwakiutl mask and dug-out canoe enroute to Bella Bella, BC

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A canoe blessing ceremony for a Northwest coast Native dugout canoe. 

The 20th anniversary for the Quatuwas Canoe Festival in Bella Bella is this summer. Are you going? 

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An Eagle Bracelet in sterling silver with gold eyes. 

This took a surprising amount of time to make. 

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My Two-Spirited Transformation Mask. 

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Who does not need a Gold Bear Ring with a ruby eye? I mean really....