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Title |
Bear Father Banner |
Object Name |
Bear Father Banner |
Catalog Number |
2008.5.1.2 |
Creator |
Bill Reid |
Date |
1991 |
Scope & Content |
Item is a banner depicting the Bear Father with one of his cubs. This figures feature in the popular Haida myth "The Bear Mother". The banner is done in red and black ink. This banner is an edition of a banner that was designed to accompany the sculpture "The Spirit of Haida Gwaii". The following quote describes this figure in "The Spirit of Haida Gwaii". Bill Reid's description of the Bear Father: The Bear, as he sits in the bow of the boat, broad back deflecting any unfamiliar, novel or interesting sensation, eyes firmly and forever fixed on the past, tries to believe that things are still as they were. |
Level of description |
Item |
Collection |
Shaw Collection |
Parent Catalog Number |
2008.5.1 |
Credit line |
Courtesy of Mel and Joan Shaw |
Ownership |
Bill Reid Foundation |
People |
Reid, Bill |
Subjects |
Banners Bear cubs Bears |
Search Terms |
The Spirit of Haida Gwaii Bear Mother |