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Raven Headdress with Human Spirit by Trevor Hunt, Kwakwaka'wakw

Raven Headdress with Human Spirit by Trevor Hunt, Kwakwaka'wakw

Regular price $5,500.00 Sale

Raven Headdress with Human Spirit, 2013
by Trevor Hunt, Kwakwaka'wakw First Nation
red cedar, cedar bark, copper, abalone inlays
30" high (with cedar bark on stand) x 25" long x 15" deep
*custom made metal stand

This headdress represents Raven the transformer, the trickster. He was the being that changed things—sometimes quite by accident, sometimes on purpose.

In Northwest Coast mythology, Raven is the powerful figure who transforms the world. Stories tell how Raven created the land, released the people from a cockle shell, and brought them fire. Raven stole the light and brought it out to light up the world. Yet Raven is a trickster—often selfish, hungry, and mischievous. He changes the world only by cleverly deceiving others in his never-ending quest for food.

As a promising young artist at the age of 13, Trevor Hunt painstakingly learned the art of traditional form line design from his father, Stanley Clifford Hunt, and cousins, Tim Alfred and David Knox. Soon after, he began to sell his original paintings in Victoria, BC. Deciding he had mastered the art of painting and drawing, Trevor began to learn to carve.

Trevor prides himself on carving in the traditional form, while using his own style, which gives his work a unique interpretation and highly professional touch.

In 2010, in collaboration with his father, brother Jason, and cousins, Mervyn Child and Calvin Hunt, Trevor carved a massive 52ft totem pole his father was commissioned to undertake. This prestigious totem pole is now the center piece of Canada Square in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Trevor has traveled widely across North America undertaking art exhibitions and performing carving demonstrations. Destinations have included Friday Harbor and Seattle, Washington and Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona. He regularly receives commissions for his work including European customers in Belgium and the United Kingdom.

Teaching the youth to carve and passing on his knowledge is very important to Trevor, so he takes time out to teach the children at the Wagulis School in Fort Rupert, as well as Fort Rupert Elementary. In 2011, he was asked to donate a drum design , which the school  has adopted  as their new logo.

Balancing life between his wife, four children, and his carving profession, has proved a great way for Trevor to spend his time, as it has been all about doing things that he loves and are close to his heart.




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