Print Item Number: 1992.8 from the MAA: University of Cambridge
Description
Red and black silkscreen print, on white background, with design of humming bird. Distinguished by long, inward curling beak. Bird' s head, in top left hand corner, runs parallel with wing, which reaches from top right hand corner. Black and whitehatched border runs around edge of design. The hummingbird is a common sight on the Queen Charlotte Islands and has here been adapted to a traditional design. Claude Davidson, a well known Haida artist and an hereditary chief in Masset, Chief Dadens,designed the print. His maternal grandfather was Charles Edenshaw, who has come to be known as the first professional 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; Complete
Context
Collected by: Crowther.Gillian in 1989
Item History
- Made by Claude Davidson in Masset, British Columbia, Canada
- Received from Gillian Crowther during 1991
Who
- Culture
- Haida
- Creator
- Claude 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