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Drawing reconstruction of an old Heiltsuk house-front painting, in horizontal orientation; done in pencil and maroon pencil crayon. Drawing is of two birds shown in profile, bodies facing the left side of the print. Birds are divided by a wide maroon border; short edges of drawing bordered with identical bands. Birds are crouched with their legs tucked in front, and wings spread out behind them; similar formline design elements throughout their interiors. Overall drawing has a rectangluar outline with a horizontal line through the centre, going overtop designs. Title, date made, and artist signature written in bottom right corner.
Drawing reconstruction of an old Heiltsuk house-front painting, in horizontal orientation; done in pencil and maroon pencil crayon. Drawing is of two circles with human-like figures inside, bodies facing forward. The two are divided by a wide maroon border; the short edges are bordered by identical bands. Figures are crouched with arms and legs bent at sides, elbows resting on knees. Overall drawing has a rectangluar outline with a horizontal line through the centre, going overtop designs. Title, date made, and artist signature written in bottom right corner.
Drawing reconstruction of a plank for a Tsimshian house-front screen in horizontal orientation; done in pencil and maroon pencil crayon. Drawing is of a raven's tail, and a large portion of the body; formline design elements throughout interior. Rectangle outline overtop drawing, imitating house plank drawing is based off of. Title and artist signature written along right edge of drawing.
Drawing reconstruction of a plank from a Tsimshian house-front screen in horizontal orientation, drawn in pencil and maroon pencil crayon (part a). Drawing is of the upper half of a raven's mouth and beak, and lower half of their eye; formline design elements throughout interior. Rectangle-like outline, with an angled right side, overtop drawing, imitating house plank drawing is based off of. Title and artist signature written along left edge of drawing. Part b is a related tracing of part of the drawing; tracing itself is shaped like a cuff-style bracelet. It depicts the same design as the drawing, but with additions to the raven's eye and beak. The tracing film is rectangular with an uneven bottom edge.
Drawing reconstruction of a plank for a Tsimshian house-front screen in horizontal orientation; done in pencil and maroon pencil crayon. Drawing is of a raven's ear, and the upper half of their beak; formline design elements inside ear. Rectangle outline overtop drawing, imitating house plank drawing is based off of. Title and artist signature written along left edge of drawing.
Carved wood frontlet with three dimensional raven. Backing board is rounded, rectangular in shape and pointed at top. Raven emerges from centre, with carved black and red wings at its sides, knees bent up, face to front with curved beak and abalone eyes under squared ears. Raven figure is surrounded by two rows of abalone inlay. Back is concave, with a forehead piece. Signed on back: "Raven Henry V Robertson Kemano, B.C."
The paint is red, green, and black.
Painted bear headdress. The head is wide and slightly rounded, with large wedge-shaped ears on top outer edges splaying slightly to either side. A carved line emphasizes the forehead and head top, which are painted black. Eyes are red and white, surrounded by green, backed by carved red rectangles. The black and natural brown snout is wide, tapering toward the nose where carved nostrils are painted red. The bared teeth are square with pointed cuspids, painted white. The interior of the headdress is hollowed out. "Hank Robertson" is carved in the wood, inside.
TOTEMS TO TURQUOISE (AMNH, NEW YORK, NY, USA, 2004)