Native Northwest Matriarch Bear Ceramic Mug designed by Tsimshian artist Morgan Asoyuf. Features Masset, Queen Charlotte Islands, now officially known by their Indigenous name, Haida Gwaii. Condition is Excellent, no chips or cracks guaranteed. Bottom is maker-marked as AALCO of North Vancouver, BC, CANADA.
AALCO (officially registered as Anglo-American Leather Co. Ltd.) was a long-standing wholesale souvenir and gift company based in North Vancouver, British Columbia. The company has ceased active corporate operations, but since AALCO's products are popular nostalgic collectibles, they are now considered vintage, and widely available on secondary marketplaces.
DID YOU KNOW? Masset is a small fishing village in the Haida Gwaii archipelago in British Columbia, Canada. It is located on Masset Sound on the northern coast of Graham Island, the largest island in the archipelago.
