Mighty Beaver Bracelet with Abalone

Beaver is considered an industrious and kindly creature. Beaver’s medicine power is industriousness and persistence. Beaver can be identified by large incisor teeth and a crosshatched round tail.

Northwest Coast Indian lore speaks of Beaver, who at first was a woman who loved to swim. Like many of the stories of those first peoples it is both entertainment and a cautionary tale.

A woman, who was the first ancestor of the Beaver Family, had a husband who was not a kind and loving husband but was very demanding. The woman dammed up a stream to create a pool to swim in so she could not hear her husband complain when she was under water. Soon the pool grew into a lake and she spent more time away from her husband. He scolded and threatened her for ignoring her wifely chores so gradually she lived in the lake altogether. Her leather apron turned into a tail and she became covered with brown fur. She had spent so much time in the lake that she became a Beaver.

Hand-carved in Traditional Northwest Coast Style by Owen Walker
Sterling Silver, 1 inch width less ears, tapering to .75 inch, Abalone inlaid eyes
Abalone inlays guaranteed for life

Mighty Eagle Bracelet with Abalone

Eagle represents one of the two principle clans of the Haida and Tlingit. Eagles are respected for their power and extraordinary vision, both in a literal and figurative sense. Eagle is a powerful hunter and noble character with lofty ideals who is associated with a pursuit for freedom. Eagles are also known to be powerful and organized but honest and kind. There are many stories of Eagle dancing up great powers to save people from evil beings.

Grandmother Eagle was called upon to rescue the young fishermen of the village who were being hauled out to sea and drowned by a Sea Monster. She put on her feathers and danced up her great powers to save them all.

Hand-carved in Traditional Northwest Coast Style by Owen Walker
Sterling Silver, 1.5 inch wide, Abalone Inlaid Eyes
Abalone inlays guaranteed for life

Flying Frog Bracelet with Abalone

Frog’s appearance in ancient Haida Art is fascinating because there were no Frogs on Haida-Gwaii (Queen Charlotte Islands) until they were recently introduced. To the Haida, Frog was a strong spiritual being and was a watchman and messenger for the spirit world. While Frog may seem a small and helpless creature, he is really a being of great power. The image of Frog, in Northwest Coast Indian Art, is often portrayed in transferring of spiritual power.

One day Frog, on his way home met up with with Grizzly Bear. Bear growled at Frog and tried to step on him. Frog escaped back to his village where he warned the other Frogs about the horrible monster that was seen nearby. All Frogs then combined their magic powers and grew wings so they could fly to the mainland. Thus, there were to be no Frogs on Haida-Gwaii.

Hand-carved in Traditional Northwest Coast Style by Owen Walker
Sterling Silver, 1.25 inch width tapering to .75 inch
Abalone inlays guaranteed for life