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Bentwood Boxes and Bowls

West Coast Bentwood Boxes are amongst the most ingenious and versatile objects made by Northwest Coast peoples. Each box is made from one plank of wood that is steamed at three corners and bent around to form a box. The fourth joining corner is usually dowelled with wooden pegs or copper nails. They are usually fitted with a bottom, which is dowelled on, and a lid.

Uses for Bentwood Boxes and other Containers

Bentwood Boxes and other conventionally carved boxes, chests, and other containers were used for storing and cooking food as well as storing ceremonial cloths, masks, and other treasures. Bentwood Boxes were also used for box burials and other types of funeral ceremonies. Bentwood Boxes and other containers are often elaborately carved and painted. The following carvings and sculptures are mainly inspired by Haida and Kwakiutl or Kwakwaka'wakw traditions.

Ravens and Bears Bentwood Box

Trevor Hunt

Ravens and Bears Bentwood Box

$1,200.00 CAD
White Raven Bentwood Box

Trevor Hunt

White Raven Bentwood Box

$2,200.00 CAD
Ravens Bentwood Box

Trevor Hunt

Ravens Bentwood Box

$975.00 CAD
Thunderbird and Orca Bentwood Box. All images © 2021 Zac Whyte.

Karver Everson

Thunderbird and Killer Whale Bentwood Box

$5,200.00 CAD
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Northern Box Study Human design Print by John Livingston

John Livingston

Northern Box Study Human design Print by John Livingston

$180.00 CAD
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Gidansda Settee limited Edition Print

Jaalen Edenshaw

Gidansda Settee limited Edition Print

$270.00 CAD
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Box of Light Remarque Print

Rande Cook

Box of Light Remarque Print

$375.00 CAD
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Family of Hummingbirds Bentwood Box

Trevor Hunt

Family of Hummingbirds Bentwood Box

$720.00 CAD
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Bird Bentwood Canoe Box

Bruce Alfred

Bird Bentwood Canoe Box

$4,200.00 CAD
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Butterfly Bentwood Box

Cole Speck

Butterfly Bentwood Box

$4,900.00 CAD
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Thunderbird and Lightning Snake Bentwood Box

Joshua Prescott

Thunderbird and Lightning Snake Bentwood Box

$6,200.00 CAD
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Orca or Killer Whale Bentwood Box

Junior Henderson

Orca or Killer Whale Bentwood Box

$7,000.00 CAD
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Model Cedar Canoe

Cole Speck

Model Cedar Canoe

$7,500.00 CAD
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Raven Butterfly and the First Haida

Ron Russ

Raven Butterfly and the First Haida

$10,300.00 CAD
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Whale and Thunderbird Bentwood Box

Bruce Alfred

Whale and Thunderbird Bentwood Box

$12,345.67 CAD

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