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Item: 17
Artist: Troy Roberts
Title: Thunderbird Transformation Mask
Date: 2005
Size: 32" H x 37" W (closed) and 45 1/2" W (open) x 26" D
Medium: red cedar, inlaid abalone and copper, paint, cedar bark
Donor: Troy Roberts Description: To the West Coast people, this great bird living high in the mountains was the most powerful of all the spirits - the personification of "Chief." Biography: Descended from chiefs of the Weiwakum First Nation, Troy Roberts expresses his cultural heritage in a wide variety of carved artwork. As a youngster, he was influenced by the late Willie Seaweed. Roberts has chosen "Changing Tide Creations" as the slogan for his freelance art practice to describe how he sees the art from the old generations changing to the visions of the new.
Estimated value: $9,850 |