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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Figures/Walking Sticks

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Nuu-chah-nulth Cargo Canoe

Price: $450
Description: Model Cargo Canoe with Sale that says Nuu-chah-nulth First Nation and lists all the Nuu-chah-nulth tribes. Carved from Red cedar and painted with fabric and twine. 39L x 5 1/2w x 22H Some of these West Coast dugouts were gigantic in size made from giant cedar trees. A large freighter canoe might achieve a length of 70 feet (with 40 to 60 feet being most common) and if stretched to its water-soaked limit, achieve a width no greater than 1/7 its length. The Nuu-Chah-Nulth canoe is possibly even more seaworthy than the more widely known Haida canoe (from the Queen Charlotte Islands) because the seas they faced were every bit as rough. The high upturned prow and stern of the Nuu Chah Nulth canoes are designed to enable these vessels to face forward on a beach so as to be able to back out through the breakers. Their flatter bottom allows for easy beaching and loading. But what is especially distinctive about these canoes is that their sides flare out about 30 degrees for much of their length, giving them exceptional stability as they pitch in oceanic swells. more...
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Nuu-chah-nulth Carved Hunting Canoe

Price: $300
Description: Traditional Nuu-chah-nulth hunting canoe used to hunt seals and whales. 24L x 5 1/2 w x 4 1/2" h Carved and painted. Some of these West Coast dugouts were gigantic in size made from giant cedar trees. The whaling canoes were about 35 feet. The Nuu-Chah-Nulth canoe is possibly even more seaworthy than the more widely known Haida canoe (from the Queen Charlotte Islands) because the seas they faced were every bit as rough. The high upturned prow and stern of the Nuu Chah Nulth canoes are designed to enable these vessels to face forward on a beach so as to be able to back out through the breakers. Their flatter bottom allows for easy beaching and loading. But what is especially distinctive about these canoes is that their sides flare out about 30 degrees for much of their length, giving them exceptional stability as they pitch in oceanic swells. more...
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Sea Serpant Walking Stick

Price: $100
Description: Red Cedar Sea Serpant carved and shaped from Red cedar. Acrylic paint. 60"+ high more...
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Sea Serpant Yellow & Red Cedar Walking Stick

Price: $100
Description: Red Cedar Carved and painted head with Yellow Cedar pole. Feather paint and cedar bark. Acrylic paint. 60" + high. more...