FROM THE LAND OF THE TOTEM POLES. JONAITIS, ALDONA, 1988

CHARLES EDENSHAW. WRIGHT, ROBIN K. AND DAINA AUGAITIS, CURATORS EXHIBITION CATALOG, 2013, Publisher: BLACK DOG PUBLISHING, LONDON, UK

Museum Purchase: Indian Collection Subscription Fund, Rasmussen Collection of Northwest Coast Indian Art.

CHARLES EDENSHAW. WRIGHT, ROBIN K. AND DAINA AUGAITIS, CURATORS EXHIBITION CATALOG, 2013, Publisher: BLACK DOG PUBLISHING, LONDON, UK

Tall ceramic “Red Gigante” figure, holding a green snake. She wears gold earrings, a gold necklace with a large cross and a gold crown with a clear red stone on her head. The figure has black eyes protruding from hollow eye sockets and a mouth with eight pointy teeth.

Tall ceramic “Blue Gigante” figure. The figure wears gold earrings, a gold scarf, a blue dress with a flower pattern and holds fruit in both hands. She also has protruding eyebrows and a mouth with five pointy teeth. The eyes protrude from hollow eye sockets.

Woven three-sgil hat, with a painted dragonfly design. The hat is conical in shape, with slightly concave sides that flare to the brim. Stylized line paintings of dragon flies decorate the body of the hat, in black and bright red-orange. At the top of the hat are three stacked basketry rings (sgil), unpainted. A headband is woven into the interior of the hat. Davidson's initials and date are painted inside.