In Memory Of ROY JAMES HANUSE Oct 15, 1943 - Nov 8, 2007     "You can go on adzing for hours if you work at the same beat as your heart, but until you get that going for you you're just hacking all over the place."  ... Roy J Hanuse

Roy James Hanuse Kwakiutl, originally from Rivers Inlet  born at Bella Bella Hospital and moved to Mission, British Columbia, Canada in 1976.

In 1966 Roy started seriously drawing and painting two dimensional designs in the traditional colours. The University of British Columbia purchased four paintings which are displayed in the Kwakiutl Art Book by Audrey Hawthorn 1979. 

• 1972 - Denver Art Museum 12 foot totem pole

• 1975 - University of British Columbia purchased first bent box

• 1975 - Painting - Smithsonian Art Museum, New York

• 1976 - 2 - 8 ft Totem Poles, Eagle & Whale - Montreal Olympics

• 1978  - Raven/Hawk design rattle - Museum Osaka, Japan

• 1980 - Photo and step-by-step account of making a kerfed box
  (bent box) in the Fine Art Of Wood Working Magazine. 

• Carved four 12-foot totems for Vancouver Native Housing Society which are displayed in front of the finished apartment blacks in Vancouver, British Columbia.

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Limited Edition Prints by Roy James Hanuse
Available for Purchase - Unframed $160.00 ea CAN

Double Back Raven Edition  225 unframed Info		Hok Hok  Edition  225 unframed  Info
Hok-Hok (Hox-hok) The Hok-hok was a mythical bird of the past.  They were quite large, also their beaks were quite long.  It was part of the legend that the Hok-hok used the beak to crack open the heads of the humans and eat their brains. The Hok-hok was part of the Hamatsa ceremony during the winter dances; along with the Crooked Beak of Heaven.  Raven as part of the bird section. The mask or head dress of the Hok-hok varied in size 2 to 4 feet long to about 12 feet long which took several attendants to help the dancer.  By Roy j Hanuse