Gold Raven Heart Studs / Earrings Haida Art

Gold Raven Heart Studs / Earrings Haida ArtThese Gold Raven Heart Stud Earrings are hand carved in 14 karat gold by Joe Wilson, a Kwakwaka'wakw Native Artist. Mischievous and curious, the Raven plays many important roles in Pacific Northwest Coast Culture. For some, he symbolizes creation, transformation, knowledge, prestige as well as the complexity of nature and the subtlety of truth. He also symbolizes the unknown and shows that every person sees the world in a different way. Find more

multiple creatures

into the sky where it has been ever since

beyond the clouds and into another world

I see today a growing minority who have had enough of abuse and its effects

We took to the air

though they are much heavier and can only be worn for a limited period of time

The panel is about 2 feet or over 60 centimeters in diameter and 1 1/2 inches or 4 centimeters thick

Dzunuk'wa comes into the big house as a lumbering shaggy creature with half-closed eyes She may appear in both the Tła’sala (Peace Dance) or the Tseka (Red Cedar Bark) ceremonies

and up to 1 inch or 2

Gonakadeit was characterized by having a large human-like head

This Wild Woman of the Woods Bolo Tie has been beautifully hand-carved in yew wood by Kwakwaka'wakw artist Stephen Bruce

the mother-in-law predicted there to be two whales the next day