Print Item Number: 1992.4 from the MAA: University of Cambridge
Description
Silkscreen print in red and black, on white background. Depicts Haida Mother Bear in profile. Raised front paw bears image of human profile with profile of young bear being placed at mother' s feet. Back of figure is decorated with full frontal frog image and shoulder is decorated with depiction of a face. The print was designed by Christian White, a well known Haida artist from Masset. The Bear Mother story is a popular Haida myth, both for prints and for story telling. Silkscreen prints are a recent development in Northwest Coast Native art, but they incorporate traditional design techniques and subject matter. The prints are often given away at potlatches as gifts from the host to the guests. Prints are also sold commercially to non-Native buyers; Excellent; Complete
Context
Collected by: Crowther.Gillian in - 6 1989
Item History
- Made by Christian White in Masset, British Columbia, Canada
- Received from Gillian Crowther during 1991
Who
- Culture
- Haida
- Creator
- Christian White
- Received from
- Gillian Crowther
Where
- Holding Institution
- MAA: University of Cambridge
- Made in
- Masset, British Columbia, Canada
When
- Acquisition Date
- during 1991
Other
- Keyword
- Art