Spectacular large “Hawk Man in the Sun” Kwa-Guilth mask is deeply carved and loaded with copper ornamentation. Priced at $4500, Large piece measures 32h x 36w x 8d.

The artist is a member of the Coast Salish Nation, born in 1939 in a fishing village in Rivers Inlet on the central coast of British Columbia.

Hawk is an important clan crest on the Northwest Coast and can often be found carved on totem poles. Hawks are often seen as a symbol of power. Like eagles, they are symbols of courage and strength. In some tribes, hawks are associated with protection from enemies, and seeing or dreaming about a hawk can be seen as a warning of danger.

Sun, to the people of the Northwest Coast, is a symbol of life. It is not an extremely common crest, except amongst the Kwakwaka’wakw.

Sun is commonly depicted as masculine; however, sun is occasionally displayed as female.