This book documents the carving of a single Nisga'a pole. Chief carver Norman Tait notes in the introduction, "Few people have ever had the opportunity to watch the completion of a mask or any piece ...

There's a $2-billion worldwide market for indigenous art ... Diesing School of Northwest Coast Art in Terrace. When the program debuted last summer, 10 artists each hand-carved an elaborate ...

The ovoid is one of the basic shapes of traditional Northwest Coast art. Concave on the base and convex on the ... The ovoids on this ivory carving are very rounded. Very angular ovoids are woven into ...