Print Item Number: 1992.7 from the MAA: University of Cambridge
Description
Silkscreen print in red and black, on white background. Depicts image of beaver. Face of beaver in centre of design, with tail motifs placed in top right hand and left hand corners. Surrounding design made up of ' eye' and ' joint' images. The beaver is a crest of the Eagle clan. The design is a bent box side design. 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