Print Item Number: 1992.6 from the MAA: University of Cambridge
Description
Silkscreen print in red and black on white background. Depicts the sea wolf, with head in profile in top half of print. Smaller profile ' face' design decorates top of head. Body area is depicted with ' eye' and ' joint' designs. The sea wolf is a mythical creature and has all the attributes of a land wolf except it can live underwater. The design is for the side of a bent box and has been adapted to a silkscreen. The print was designed by Reg Davidson a well known Masset Haida artist. 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 1989
Item History
- Made by Reg Davidson in Masset, British Columbia, Canada
- Received from Gillian Crowther during 1991
Who
- Culture
- Haida
- Creator
- Reg Davidson
- 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