Vibrant colors and the intense otherworldly expression convey the Owl’s legendary standing as an associate of the souls of ancestors and a symbol of wisdom and intuition.

The Owl mask is adorned with feathers and hand-worked cedar bark bundles. The piece measures 13 x 11 x 8 and is priced at $4200.

The artist is a master carver and an esteemed member of the Kwakiulth First Nation. He comes from a line of Kwakwaka’wakw carvers living in the Alert Bay/Gilford Island area of Northern Vancouver Island. He began learning to carve cedar in his 20s. He soon developed his own style.

His family, known as “The people of the Bear,” is Kwikwasut’inuxw from the village of Gwa’yasdams on Gilford Island. Through heredity, the Bear and the Gwa’yasdams crest of the Sisiutl, or double headed sea serpent, are family crests. His ancestors were famous for their beautifully carved totem poles.

Today, he continues to seek to keep the tradition of carving alive by teaching others the traditional techniques. He believes in the importance of passing traditional art forms down to younger generations, and volunteers part of his time teaching aspiring First Nations carvers in the lower mainland.

The Native Owl Symbol represents a bird of wisdom and intuition, magic and prophecy. Owls are often seen as messengers. Some healers call upon the Owl for insight into the truth of ill-intent. Some First Nations believed that the sound of the Owl was a call to summon the spirit world.

In some Native American cultures, owls are associated with magic, clairvoyance and astral travel. Owls are birds of the night-they have the power to see the unseen in the blackest of darkness, to hunt for food and fly silently through the night.

Owls have often been associated with magic, witches and sorcerers, and in some cultures, the owl is a symbol of wisdom and all-seeing knowledge.

Owl energy helps you to connect with your inner wisdom and intuition. It can aid with clairvoyance and the ability to see through deception to the truth of a situation. To have an owl symbol can aid in the intention to increase your wisdom or intuitive skills. Some activities that can help support this connection include dreams and meditation.

The owl represents wisdom and gives the ability to see things that are normally hidden from view, such as the motives of others, and aids in thwarting deception.