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Artworks
JAMES LESLIE EVANS (1952-2023) NON-INDIGENOUS, VICTORIA, BC
Salish Mowich (Salish Style Deer Mask), c. 2018wood, hammered cedar bark, deer antler, acrylic paint, thread, and copper, 31 x 15.5 x 10.5 in (78.7 x 39.4 x 26.7 cm), measurements reflect dimensions with cedar bark fringe.
titled, "SALISH MOWICH";
signed, "JAMES / LESLIE".LOT 42
ESTIMATE: $500 — $800Further images
James Leslie Evans, who carved under the name James Leslie, was born in Alberta and later worked in Victoria on Vancouver Island, BC. Known by the nickname “Carver Jim,” Evans...James Leslie Evans, who carved under the name James Leslie, was born in Alberta and later worked in Victoria on Vancouver Island, BC. Known by the nickname “Carver Jim,” Evans made masks in both Coast Salish and Kwakwa̱ka̱ʼwakw styles. This Coast Salish-style Deer mask is carved in red cedar and fitted with a pair of real deer antlers. It is painted in brown, white, green, red, and black, with copper-overlay eyes, red rope accents, and hammered red cedar bark flanking the face and falling beneath it. The antlers, together with the exaggerated scale of the ears, give the mask a lively and slightly whimsical presence.
Provenance
An Ontario Collection.
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