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Ahtsik Native Art Gallery: Original Northwest Coast Indian Art

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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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Masks/Headpieces

Bear Mother Mask

Price: $1700
Description: Red Cedar carved Bear Mother Mask with Copper overlay and acrylic paint. Exceptional detailed carving by Haida Artist Alex Spence more...

Kumugwe Sea Chief

Price: $2400
Description: Kumugwe, under sea chief lives in a fabulous house made of copper planks and roof boards. He commands the lives of the significant sea creatures - whales, killer whales, sea lions, salmon, and herring. Some of these are his servants and attend to his every need, although they can, when appropriate, dissapear to their ancestral homes in the distant west. His visage is usually stern, with perhaps an air of benevolence. His name translates variously as Copper Maker or Wealthy, and he is indeed the source of copper for the mortal world, bestowing it and other powers upon those whom he favours. He travels about in a copper canoe, which moves without any apparent means of propulsion. more...

Pook - Oobs Mask

Price: $800
Description: A Nuu-chah-nulth wild man - a supernatural creature. Paint with red spikes around the mouth and cedar bark. A lost whaler who is dangerous to seafarers. 12" high x 7" wide x 6" deep more...

Huk huk

Price: $6000
Description: This dance is part of the Hamatsa ritual. The Huk Huk is one of the cannibal birds that are associated with Baxwbakwalanuxwsiwe, the Man-Eater-of-the-North-End-of-the-World. The Huk Huk was said to break the skulls of humans and eat their brains. This mask, along with Raven and Crooked-Beak appear just before the last appearance of the tame hamatsa. Care must be taken by the dancer to not hit anything with the mask's long beak. It is the job of the attendant to guide the dancer around the room, warning him of any dangers. 5 foot 3 inches long. more...

Whale Hunter

Price: $1300
Description: The Story comes from my family in Tlaoquaht: Heesh-kaa was a whaler that trained at t young age and was believed to be around 14 years of age when he caught his first whale. Heesh-kaa was said to be a very strong man who was Usymch (Spiritual bathing) at his sacred pool when a Sasquatch (wild man) tried drowning him by holding his head in the water. It was though his medicine and spiritual beliefs that saved him. He went on to be one of the most successful whale hunters of his tribe. Yellow cedar with paint fur and shell. 13 highx 9 wide x 5" deep more...

December Moon

Price: $5000
Description: Ti?as-ameh December Moon. This is the month when the moon sits on surface of the water – for 4 days Killer whale Design. This celebrates nuu-chah-nulth cycles of the moon, which plays an important role in North west coast Native rituals. Carved from red Cedar and painted. 21" round x 5 1/2 deep. more...

Seas Treasure

Price: $2000
Description: An Octapus transforming into human form. In Nuu-Chah-nulth this is called "Tiituup" It is Entitled Seas Treasure because the oceans provide our people with a great wealth of sea food. This mask is carved out of Alder and has 10 Abalone Inlay. more...

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