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Ahtsik Native Art Gallery: Original Northwest Coast Indian Art
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.
Up Comming 3rd Annual Artists At Work Dec 17 and 18
Time: 11 to 5:00pm
Doug David
Randy Atleo
Ray Sim
Maria Desnoyer
Gordon Dick
Come and see artists create their art in house. Observe wood carving, painting, jewelry carving and Basket Weaving.
Enter a draw to win a Gift Certificate for Ahtsik Native Art Gallery.
Contact Information
Gordon Dick
7133A Pacific Rim Highway
Port Alberni, B.C.
V9Y 8Y4
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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Nuu-chah-nulth Carved Hunting Canoe
Price: $300
Artist: Carl Edgar
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.
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