Haida Artist Patrick Samuel McGuire May 24, 2023 – Posted in: Uncategorized

Haida Artist Patrick Samuel McGuire June 5 th 1943 – December 11 th 1970 Skidegate – Haida Gwai – formerly Queen Charlotte Island B.C. Patrick Samuel McGuire, member of the Staastas Eagle Clan was born one of five children to a Haida mother and to a Ontario born father of Ojibway and Irish heritage. Descendant of the master carver Charles Gladstone and distantly related to the great Haida artist Charles Edenshaw. Young Pat was first…

Babine Masks June 15, 2021 – Posted in: Uncategorized

Babine masks are a type of traditional mask worn by the Babine people, who are a branch of the Dakelh or Carrier people. The Babine people live in the vicinity of Babine Lake, Trembleur Lake, and Takla Lake in the central interior of British Columbia, Canada¹. They speak Babine or Nadot’en, a dialect of the Babine-Witsuwit’en language, which is an Athabaskan language¹. Babine masks are usually made of wood and decorated with paint, fur, feathers,…