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Silkscreen print, in red and black on white background, depicting eagle design. Eagle is recognizable by the slight inward curve at end of beak. The head, with raised section on top, is in the top left hand corner. from shoulder to right of head,a wing extends down to bottom left hand corner. Between head and wing, a small, curved claw is visible. The tail is situated in bottom right hand corner. The Eagle is the crest of one of the two clans of the Haida, the other being the Raven. The design is styled as an argillite carving would appear, the artist also carves argillite. Claude Davidson, a well known Haida artist and an hereditary chief in Masset, Chief Dadens, designed the print. His maternal grandfather was Charles Edenshaw (1839-1924), 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

Exhibited: On display in ' New Acquisitions' , Maudslay Hall, CUMAA, from July 1990 to May 1993; Collected by: Crowther.Gillian in 1989

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