Jay Brabant – son of carver Gene Brabant – is of Cree descent and was trained in the Kwakwa̱ka̱ʼwakw style. Renowned for his meticulous, sharp cuts and vibrant painting, Brabant's creations honour the legacy of the great carving masters. The featured mask, made when Jay was just sixteen years old,  illustrates the one from the Kwakwa̱ka̱ʼwakw Bumblebee dance, which is often the first dance in which children would participate in in the Winter Ceremonial among the Musgamagw Dzawada'enuxw. In this dance, a procession of bees, each smaller than the last, led by their parents, is marched on the stage. The narrative unfolds as one child, temporarily lost, is eventually found by the father bee amongst the crowd where he is led home to the ‘beehive.’