The MAE’s Argillite Collection consist of over eighty carvings featuring iconographic images of animals and people from Haida culture. This special collection was donated to Simon Fraser University by ...

Given his father’s name, Owt’iwans was born in Yan, Haida Gwaii in 1879. As a carver, he was often called ‘Captain’ because he favoured carving canoes which he would sell to tourists visiting the area ...