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Raven Paddle by Trevor Hunt

Categories: Eligible for NA Free Shipping, Native American Carvings and Sculptures, Native Carved Cedar Paddles

SOLD This is a hand carved yellow cedar Raven Paddle with a carved and painted Sea Serpent or Sisiutl design close to the handle. The paddle is deeply carved and painted by Trevor Hunt from the Kwakiutl or Kwakwaka´wakw Nation. The size is about 59 1/4 inches long, up to 5 1/4 inches wide and up to about 1 inch thick. The price includes shipping to the USA and Canada.

Mischievous and curious the Raven is the cultural focus of the Native Northwest Coast People. As well as making the Salmon available for all people, he also stole the light in the form of the sun, moon and stars, from an old chief who had kept them in his house locked away in a large bentwood box. After Raven escaped with the box through the smoke hole of the house, he placed the sun, the moon and the stars in the sky for all mankind to enjoy. Originally the Raven had white feathers and after flying through the smoke hole with the light, his feathers turned black and stayed black until today. He symbolizes creation, knowledge, prestige as well as the complexity of nature and the subtlety of truth. He also symbolizes the unknown and is there to show that every person sees the world in a different way as another. The Raven was often called upon to clarify truths in visions, as the wise elders knew that what the eye sees is not always the truth. Many of the original peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast refer to him as a god, and it is believed by some that messages from the cosmos are buried in the wings of the raven only to be released to the families most deserving of his knowledge. The Raven is a long distance healer and is known as the “keeper of secrets,” he helps us in our lives by exposing the truth of kept secrets that could potentially harm us, in doing so he helps us back to good health.  The Raven was only ever feared if misused.

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