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Haida Raven and Bear Imagery, First Nations, Canada & Alaska. PAIR - $30 (Ballwin / Wildwood)
condition:
excellent
make / manufacturer:
Bill Reid, Haida artist
size / dimensions:
full details in posting
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A single image would be $ 20 for either one.
There is a style of art painting called ‘impasto’ which yields raised and textured figures on a surface. These two pieces are NOT impasto, as they are not painted, but the images do share, to great visual effect, a similar raised surface of the gold shapes on their white background. Handsome !
The First Nations people of Canada have strong traditional beliefs about their origin and their surroundings, including about key denizens of the animal kingdom in their homelands in western Canada along the mainland Pacific coast and especially on islands in the Pacific. These designs are from the Haida culture which has been in these homelands for many centuries.
The Raven and the Bear, in all their forms, figure prominently in Haida oral traditions, songs, and art, as seen very often by outsiders in the form of figures carved and painted on poles called crest poles, as in “family crests” in European cultures. The term “totem” is not Haida as that term originated in the Great Lakes region.
These were bought in southeast Alaska, a traditional Haida homeland, in 2002 as they spoke strongly to the Haidas’ reverance and respect for both the Raven and all Bears. The first one shown, ' The Raven and the First Men ', and the second one, ' The Bear Mother ', were both original works by the Haida artist, Bill Reid and reproduced with his authorization. The top half of the text shown for each image on its reverse gives a small biography of Bill Reid and the bottom half contains an explanation about the Raven and the Bear as pictured.
This offer is for unframed images but the third and sixth photos show them as they might look in frames you might employ; these frames are not included.
Each image is mounted and double-matted on a thick, sturdy light beige matte board measuring 10” x 13”. If you wanted to de-mat it, the image inside the mat is 6 ½” x 8 ½”, although the images as mounted would look very nice going right into a conventional frame using the mats holding them.
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The seller lives near the intersection of Clayton and Clarkson Roads in western St. Louis County and is very flexible on when and where we can meet.
Cash only, COD , please.
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