Wooden Plaque - Pine - Large - Air, Land, Water (Eagle, Bear, Salmon)

EAGLE: friendship, peace, power, loyalty, grace

BEAR: protection, strength, nurturing, power, healing

SALMON: determination, prosperity, good luck, abundance

Nelson McCarty is a Nlaka'pamux artist from Lytton, BC. Nelson started carving in 2011 in Victoria when he was 41 years old and honed his craft under various teachers such as Gino Seward. He works in red and yellow cedar, as well as pine. Nelson carves mostly wall plaques, but also small masks, paddles, and panels.

Hand-carved pine plaque titled Air, Land, Water (Eagle, Bear, Salmon) by Nlaka'pamux artist Nelson McCarty of Lytton, BC. This large plaque celebrates the natural world and West Coast Indigenous storytelling: the Eagle represents friendship, peace, power, loyalty, and grace, the Bear symbolizes protection, strength, power, and healing, and the Salmon embodies determination, prosperity, good luck, and abundance. Includes a leather hanger for easy display.

• 24.25" w × 7" h

• Made in BC, Canada