WAR CANOE

Edition of 7 17X68  $45,000

  War Canoe photographed during the wax stage in the studio. This piece was commissioned for display in The Museum of Native American Cultures sculpture collection.

   A Kwakiutl Indian canoe modeled on a scale of 50 to 55 feet in length and a beam of 7 feet. The last of the great War Canoes were seen around the turn of the century when Edward Curtis was filming "In The Land of The Headhunters". The unique design of the canoe allowed the Kwakiutl to travel even in fairly heavy seas. The stern was designed so that a following wave would pass under by lifting the rear instead of swamping it. The Indians' clothing and cone shaped hats were made of tightly woven cedar bark to shed the rain.