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Chest Panel | Argillite2014-15/1
Sculpture | Argillite2004-2/8
Print1992.4

Silkscreen print in red and black, on white background. Depicts Haida Mother Bear in profile. Raised front paw bears image of human profile with profile of young bear being placed at mother' s feet. Back of figure is decorated with full frontal frog image and shoulder is decorated with depiction of a face. The print was designed by Christian White, a well known Haida artist from Masset. The Bear Mother story is a popular Haida myth, both for prints and for story telling. 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

Culture
Haida
Material
paper
Made in
Masset, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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