Artist: Moy Sutherland

Title: Grey Whale Paddle

Date: 2005

Size: 66" H x 7" W x 1 1/4" D

Medium: yellow cedar, acrylic paint, abalone shell, opercula
Donor: Douglas Reynolds Gallery
Biography: Moy Sutherland is from the Ahousaht Nation in the Nuu-chah-nulth territories on Vancouver Island. He first learned the principles of art and carving from Joe Wilson and later studied under Mark Mickey and Ron Hamilton.

Estimated value: $2, 450