Young’s post features many form lines and emphasizes realism, which Young said are general traits of Haida art. The fearsome, orca-hunting Wasgo, or seawolf, was the focus on Young’s piece.

The orca was a representation of the chief’s ... Perhaps the most visible of the Haida art forms is the totem pole. Carved from giant cedar trees, the totem poles often depicted the animal ...

ON A BRISK JULY morning, hundreds of miles from his art studio near Vancouver ... the grizzly, the killer whale. These are the remnants of 32 totems that fronted the village before its inhabitants ...

Robert Davidson, a renowned Haida artist, has been named winner ... the artist to carve the large-scale transformation panel, Killer Whale Transforming into a Thunderbird, which was displayed ...

One of the city’s newest public art works is a 43-metre-long steel sculpture ... “the sculpture depicts two sets of stylized orca whales facing opposite directions with their tail flukes ...

Europeans and their American relatives have praised the art of the Haida people of Haida Gwaii, the islands south of Alaska designated on maps as the Queen Charlottes, since first encountering it ...

But in the villages of Skidegate and Old Massett, a thriving community of contemporary creatives is carving, weaving and painting the Haida art of the future. Just outside Skidegate, at the wooden ...

Young’s post features many form lines and emphasizes realism, which Young said are general traits of Haida art. The fearsome, orca-hunting Wasgo, or seawolf, was the focus on Young’s piece.