GEOFF SEARLE is a Canadian Master Potter, born and raised In Kimberly, British Colombia. He attended the Kootenay School of Art in Nelson, B. C. and has been working as a potter since 1972, producing stoneware, porcelain, raku and pit-fired pieces. His exquisite softly lustrous raku vases have an architectural harmony and balance that is almost as intriguing as the man himself...
GEOFF SEARLE is a Canadian Master Potter, born and raised In Kimberly, British Colombia. He attended the Kootenay School of Art in Nelson, B. C. and has been working as a potter since 1972, producing stoneware, porcelain, raku and pit-fired pieces. His exquisite softly lustrous raku vases have an architectural harmony and balance that is almost as intriguing as the man himself...
GEOFF SEARLE is a Canadian Master Potter, born and raised In Kimberly, British Colombia. He attended the Kootenay School of Art in Nelson, B. C. and has been working as a potter since 1972, producing stoneware, porcelain, raku and pit-fired pieces. His exquisite softly lustrous raku vases have an architectural harmony and balance that is almost as intriguing as the man himself...
GEOFF SEARLE is a Canadian Master Potter, born and raised In Kimberly, British Colombia. He attended the Kootenay School of Art in Nelson, B. C. and has been working as a potter since 1972, producing stoneware, porcelain, raku and pit-fired pieces. His exquisite softly lustrous raku vases have an architectural harmony and balance that is almost as intriguing as the man himself...
This is a hand carved Folk Art Limberjack by artist Craig Thomas, a talented wood sculptor who lives in Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada. Limberjacks are traditional wooden or tin-plate toys for both adults and children. They are also called Jig Dolls, Dancing Doll/Men, Clogging Men, Busker's Puppets, Cloggers, Jiggers, Paddle Puppets, Stick Puppets, Limberjim or Limbertoy...
This is a very rare Chinese Matchlock rifle from the early 1700's has an octagonal barrel with original parts and pistol style lock, wrapped with hammered copper. It is approximately .50 caliber. The copper wrapping is missing in some parts but the gun is in good condition for such a well-used weapon.
The matchlock is generally a very long rifle and it is considered to be the earliest ancestor of the modern hand held weapons...
A rare find, this beautifully expressive religious statue is a carved wood, polychrome and gesso Baroque cherub figurine circa mid-1700's. It was bought from the estate of a family that lived for centuries in Brazil and owned a slave plantation there. It was originally acquired in a small village in the Brazilian jungle by the head of the family in the 1930’s. Most surviving pieces from the Brazilian Baroque era do not record authorship...
Native Tlingit fossilized whalebone club, carved early to mid 1800’s. The Tlingit war club was called a “khootz” and it was a devastating weapon in the hands of their powerful warriors; if an opponent was hit on the back of the neck or head, it would have only taken one blow to dispatch the victim.
The Tlingit (sometimes spelled Tlinkit) are an Indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest Coast. They call themselves Lingít, meaning "human beings...
Ojibway Indian, rare one piece wooden ladle, possibly used for bear-grease. Carved circa 1850. Most wooden ladles are made with the handle attached with sap or sinew, you rarely see one piece examples.
The Ojibwe (also Ojibwa or Ojibway) or Chippewa (also Chippeway) are among the largest groups of Native Americans-First Nations people north of Mexico. They are divided between Canada and the United States. They are the third-largest in Canada.
Comes with certificate of authenticity.
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Hand carved Inuit stone cooking bowl made in the early 1800’s. This bowl is post contact and is carved in the European style; it is an exceptionally nice example of highly skilled stone carving.
Stone pots (uqusiglu) were used to steam or heat meat or fish over a soapstone stove or open fire.
Eskimos or Esquimaux are indigenous peoples who have traditionally inhabited the circumpolar region from eastern Siberia (Russia), across Alaska (United States), Canada, and Greenland. Two mai...
Pair of Metis hand-beaded Eagle armband ornaments with leather backing and ties made about 1968 in Selkirk, Manitoba.
Provenance: from the H. S. Darvell estate.
Length of Eagle head 2 inches, length from head to fringe 8 inches, length of leather ties 14 inches, weight 1¼ ounces.
Metis hand-beaded hair ornament with leather backing made about 1968 in Selkirk Manitoba.
Provenance: from the H. S. Darvell estate.
Length 5¾ inches long, height 3 inches, weight 1½ ounces.
