Drop by our Testing, Testing 1-2-3 exhibit on Saturday, January 6 to see carvers, including Sven Haakanson, the Burke's curator of North American anthropology, produce new work inspired by carving practices of indigenous peoples of the Northwest Coast.
We'll have the doors open in the ethnology workroom so you can view the carving process, interact with carvers, and learn more about how they connect with the traditional knowledge held in carvings in the Burke's ethnology collection.
Special Guest
The Burke Museum and Sealaska Heritage Institute are collaborating on a project to replicate a fish trap stake in the Burke culture collections. The replica of the stake, which depicts the Tlingit story Aak'wtaatseen ("Alive in the Eddy"), will be carved by master Tsimshian artist David A. Boxley and featured in Sealaska Heritage Institute's new exhibit, Aan Yátx’u Sáani ("People of the Land"). Boxley will begin working on the replica, which will be made of red cedar, during the Northwest Coast Carving Demonstration on Saturday, January 6.
David A. Boxley is a world-renowned Tsimshian artist from Metlakatla, Alaska known for his spectacular wood carvings. He uses traditional Tsimshian techniques to create totem poles, bentwood boxes, rattles, masks and panels.
