Powerful Copper Woman Mask, hand carved and direct from artist Janice Morin

• Nation: Cree art, Northwest native American art
• Artist: Morin, Janice
• Type: Mask

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A really powerful mask

Copper Woman

by Janice Morin, a member of the Cree Nation, working together with Coast Salish artist Randy Stiglitz. What a beautiful piece. Janice has such a great eye for design and color. Solid piece of bass wood, masterfully carved into this beautiful portrait mask. She added a lot of details, see the copper inlays, the black horsehair, the cedar rope. Ears not attached but carved out of the solid wood instead, great work. Just another marvelous piece of true Indigenous art. 

Measurements: 12" x 10" x 6"

Meaning: Copper woman is a significant, important part of Indigenous History. representing wealth and money. There are many stories surrounding her appearance since the "Copper" was used by the First Nations people as a form of money and wealth. It was made of "Native" copper which was found in the land where they lived and superficially resembled a shield. Considered very rare and hard to obtain, raw copper was traded from the Athabaskan Indians in the Interior Plains, or from the white man in later times. Coppers were beaten into shape and usually painted or engraved with traditional designs. Most 

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About This Artist

Janice Morin is a Cree, originating from Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan. She was born in 1957 and moved to Vancouver in British Columbia at the age of five. She has been living on the Northwest Coast since. Janice was introduced to Northwest Coast art...Artist bio and other available works »