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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

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