Ponderosa Elk Limited Edition Print Hummingbird

Ponderosa Elk Limited Edition Print HummingbirdPonderosa Elk is an unframed serigraph limited edition print of 80, made in 2022 by Roy Henry Vickers from the Tsimshian Nation. "Every year for the past two decades, I make my annual trip to Ktunaxa Territory in southern B. C. to harvest elk for our winter meat supply. This October 2022 was different from all other elk harvests as my wife, Andrea, her sister Janice, and her husband, Nolan, accompanied me. We enjoyed the hospitality of our Ktunaxa

with a chewing stick and a chief's head carved on the beaver's tail

This is my interpretation of my chief’s epiphany

This gold Haida Raven ring by Carmen Goertzen from the Haida Nation is hand-carved in 14 karat gold

His story was of ‘The Guardian of the Pass'

Each bead weighs about 1

including a white border

This Thunderbird and Lightning Snake or Haietlik Bentwood Box is hand-carved by Cree and adopted Nuu-chah-nulth artist Joshua Prescott

The paddle is deeply carved in yellow cedar and painted in red

measures 22 inches or about 56 centimeters wide and 13 1/2 inches or 34 1/2 centimeters high

a Kwakwaka'wakw Native Artist

"Now that's a lot of bull'

Hummingbirds are often seen as joyful messengers and healers