Call Your Spirit Back - 2025 Charity Box
Call Your Spirit Back - 2025 Charity Box
This piece is part of our 2025 Charity Bentwood Boxes auction running from November 22nd to December 6th.
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Bids increase in increments of $100.00 CAD
Please note: Once the live auction begins at 5:00 PM December 6, 2025, email bids can no longer be accepted.
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4" x 3 1/2" x 3 1/2"
Red cedar, yellow cedar, acrylic paint
Kyle Tallio
CULTURAL GROUP:
Nuxalk/Heiltsuk
BORN:
1994
BIRTHPLACE:
Vancouver, BC
Kyle, whose traditional name is Skookum Xlhalhh ti Nan, is a fourth generation artist. He has been exposed to traditional Nuxalk culture from an early age, through frequent visits to Bella Coola and by attending cultural gatherings such as potlaches with his grandparents. In 2012, he moved to Terrace to begin mentorship under his father Lyle Mack, and eventually worked with his grandfather Alvin Mack in 2013 on a two week carving program for Ts'ktalclayc (Coming of Age - the third of the four cultural milestones for young boys). In fall of the same year, he attended the Freda Diesing Northwest Coast Art Program, and in 2014 his work was included in the school's graduation exhibit called Northern Exposure, which took place at Spirit Wrestler Gallery in Vancouver. In 2014 and again in 2018, Kyle assisted his family members in completing and raising two asqayalh (totem poles) in Nuxalk territory.
