Ahtsik Native Art Gallery: Original Northwest Coast Indian Art

Gallery

Come visit our beautiful Cedar gallery on the Pacific Rim highway heading out of Port Alberni towards Tofino (hwy 4) on Vancouver Island. Ahtsik Native Art Gallery opened December 13th 2008. I am, Gordon Dick, the Artist and Owner of Ahtsik Native Art Gallery. I carved the Kingfisher design of the front entrance as well as the Eagle and Wolf posts that represent my Grandparents. You are welcome to come and see me create original Northwest Coast Art inside the gallery. In warmer months, you can come and see larger Wood projects being carved just outside the gallery, such as a totem pole. I sell many other local First Nations Artists’ Canadian Indian Art work from World Renowned to up and coming. Commissions are accepted.

Contact Information

Gordon Dick
7133A Pacific Rim Highway
Port Alberni, B.C.
V9Y 8Y4

art@gordondick.ca

phone 250-723-DICK(3425)
fax 250-723-3477
1-888-3AHTSIK (248745)

Hours
Open 10:30am to 5pm
Closed Tuesday and Wednesdays

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Carved Jewellery

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Sterling Silver Carved Bracelet entitled "Man's Conscience"

Price: $460
Description: A Beautiful 1 inch sterling silver bracelet. Carved in Nuxalk Design by Kelly Robinson. Entitled Man's Conscience" more...
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Lightning Snake & Killerwhale Carved Sterling Silver Cuff Bracelet

Price: $1320
Description: Tseiqami is Thunderbird, lord of the winter dance season, a massive supernatural bird whose wing beats cause the thunder, and the flash of whose eyes causes lightning. The thunderbird is large and strong enough to hunt its favorite food which is the killer whale. The lightning snakes of the thunderbird are used during hunts out at sea for the killer whale. After capture, the thunderbird carries the killer whale back to the mountain to eat. According to legend, the thunderbird and killer whale once battled so hard that entire trees were uprooted. This was the explanation why there are treeless prairie regions near the Pacific Northwest Coast mountains. The thunderbird is described as having a 15 to 20 feet wingspan and four to eight feet height when standing on the ground. In masks, it is depicted as many-colored, with two curling horns, and sometimes with teeth within its beak. It is intelligent, powerful, and wrathful. All agree that one should go out of one's way to keep from getting thunderbirds angry. more...
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Sterling silver carved pendant with Catlinite carved Bear inlay

Price: $500
Description: Wonderfully Carved Bear in precious Catilinite stone set in Carved Sterling silver oval pendant. It is 1.5x2 inches. Catlinite (also called pipestone or pipeclay) is a type of argillite (metamorphosed mudstone), usually brownish-red in color, which occurs in a matrix of Sioux quartzite. Because it is fine-grained and easily-worked, it is prized by Native Americans for use in making sacred pipes. The red catlinite from the Pipestone quarries is the second softest rock in the world, and it lies under Sioux quartzite, the second hardest rock in the world. Only hand tools are used to reach the catlinite so it takes a long time to get to it. Only enrolled Native Americans are allowed to quarry for the stone at the Pipestone National Monument, and thus it is protected from over-mining. Pipestone quarries are located and preserved in Pipestone National Monument outside of Pipestone, Minnesota, in Pipestone County, Minnesota, and at the Pipestone River in Manitoba,Canada. more...
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Salmon Catilinite inlay in Sterling silver Pendant

Price: $400
Description: Carved Catilinite stone with a Salmon design. Set in sterling silver oval pendant with cutout. 1.5x2 inches Catlinite (also called pipestone or pipeclay) is a type of argillite(metamorphosed mudstone),usually brownish-red in color, which occurs in a matrix of Sioux quartzite. Because it is fine-grained and easily-worked, it is prized by Native Americans for use in making sacred pipes. The red catlinite from the Pipestone quarries is the second softest rock in the world, and it lies under Sioux quartzite, the second hardest rock in the world. Only hand tools are used to reach the catlinite so it takes a long time to get to it. Only enrolled Native Americans are allowed to quarry for the stone at the Pipestone National Monument, and thus it is protected from over-mining. Pipestone quarries are located and preserved in Pipestone National Monument outside of Pipestone, Minnesota, in Pipestone County, Minnesota, and at the Pipestone River in Manitoba,Canada. more...
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Sterling Thunderbird bracelet with 14K

Price: $1200
Description: 3/4 inch bracelet with Thunderbird design. 14K yellow gold overlay for the eye and rim around the entire bracelet. more...
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Doubel Frog with Malechite Eyes

Price: $300
Description: Sterling silver 1/2" Bracelet with Double frog and malechite eyes. The properties of Malechite are: Draws out impurities on all levels; balances Left & Right brain functions. Good for mental illness, co-ordination, vision, menstruation, rheumatism, toothaches, the immune system, stress colds & diarrhea. For Happiness, luck, money, transition/transformation. A radiation eliminator & evil eye protector. An all purpose healer, especially in solar plexus & good for healers. And it is a mental cleanser. more...
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19k white gold Kingfisher Bracelet

Price: $8000
Description: This is a 1 inch cuff bracelet. Carved on 1mm of 19 karat White Gold. It is Very Rare to have White gold carved on such a large piece as this. usually white gold exists only in the size of rings. An original Kingfishr design by Godon. White gold is an alloy of gold and at least one white metal, usually nickel, manganese or palladium. Like yellow gold, the purity of white gold is given in carats. It is a very hard precious metal to carve. more...