Spoon with Raven Design by David A. Boxley, Alaskan Tsimshian

Spoon with Raven Design, 1998 by David A. Boxley, Alaskan Tsimshianalder, pigment 3.75" high x 11” long x 2.5” Wide David A. Boxley is Eagle Clan of the Alaskan Tsimshian from Metlakatla, Alaska. Born January 19, 1952, he was raised by his grandparents. From them, he learned many Tsimshian traditions including the language. His grandfather was a canoe carver. After high school he attended Seattle Pacific University where he received a bachelor of science degree in 1974. He became a teacher and basketball coach to Junior and Senior high students in Alaska and Washington. While teaching in Metlakatla in 1979, he began devoting considerable time to the study of traditional Tsimshian carving. Through researching ethnographic material and carvings housed in museum collections, Boxley learned the traditional carving methods of his grandfathers’ people. In 1986, he made a major career decision to leave the security of teaching and to devote all of his energies toward carving and researching t