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Model Totem Pole | Argillite1999-94/2
Print1992.9

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

Culture
Haida
Material
paper
Made in
Masset, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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Print1992.8

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

Culture
Haida
Material
paper
Made in
Masset, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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Print1992.5

Silkscreen print with circular design in red and black, on white background. Depicts image of frog, with face in full view and body split down vertical axis. Design in centre of circle, made up of two red and two black ' leaf' shapes. The frog is one of the emblems of the Eagle clan. It is a print of a Charles Edenshaw crest design which was originally painted on a spruce root hat. 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; Excellent; Complete

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