RAY WESLEY 1935 - EAGLE & SEA LION CEDAR WOOD CARVING SIGNED AND INSCRIBED CIRC.1960s

Ray Wesley artist, artisan jewellery maker, silkscreen printer. A Tsimshian First Nations Native Indian born on January 19, 1935 in Port Essington, British Columbia. Wesley began working in the 1960's under the tutelage of Wilfred Stevenson, primarily producing wood carvings, then followed silver and gold jewellery designs, with a further foray in to creating silkscreen prints. In the early 1970s Wesley was commissioned by the Alumni Association of Simon Fraser University to create two totem poles which now stand either side the entrance of the Office of Aboriginal Peoples.

Marked Verso – EAGLE SEA LION HAND CARVED BY RAY WESLEY TSIMSHIAN INDIAN SKEENA RIVER B.C.

Good overall condition, minor surface darkening, commensurate with age.

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Size – 10 ¾ inch (Overall Height)

Size – 4 ¼ inch (Overall Length)

Size – ½ inch (Overall Width)

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