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Mervyn Child

Country/Region: Northwest Coast (view other artists)

Tribe: Kwakwaka'wakw, Tlingit, Nuu Chah Nulth

Mervyn Child (b. 1955) lives and works in Fort Rupert, BC. He learned to carve from his family well-known Kwakwaka'wakw carvers, Calvin Hunt, George Hunt Jr., and Tom Hunt. Mervyn was initiated into the Nunsishalis Society at the memorial potlatch for the late Tom Hunt.

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Artwork by Mervyn Child


Mervyn Child ( Kwakwaka'wakw, Tlingit, Nuu Chah Nulth )  - Feast Bowl

Feast Bowl
2012

Mervyn Child ( Kwakwaka'wakw, Tlingit, Nuu Chah Nulth )  - T'lisalagi'lakw and Friends Lidded Canoe Bowl

T'lisalagi'lakw and Friends Lidded Canoe Bowl
2012

Mervyn Child ( Kwakwaka'wakw, Tlingit, Nuu Chah Nulth )  - Yew Wood Hammer

Yew Wood Hammer
2012

Mervyn Child ( Kwakwaka'wakw, Tlingit, Nuu Chah Nulth )  - Deer / Shaman Transformation Mask

Deer / Shaman Transformation Mask
2012

 
Mervyn Child ( Kwakwaka'wakw, Tlingit, Nuu Chah Nulth )  - Mourning Mask

Mourning Mask
circa 2009 sold

Mervyn Child ( Kwakwaka'wakw, Tlingit, Nuu Chah Nulth )  - Grandmother's Totem Pole

Grandmother's Totem Pole
2003 sold

 
 

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