Title
Chest
Caption
Chest, Beginning in about 1820 argillite was used by the Haida to carve curios for sale. By about 1880 they introduced concepts that were taboo in traditional art. On this chest lid is raven, with both human and birdlike attributes. Raven, the trickster and cultural hero, discovers mankind in a cockle shell. Northwest Coast of America. Haida, late 19th c Carved by Charles Edenshaw, the most famous of the Haida carvers.
Info+
Werner Forman Archive/ Provincial Museum, Victoria, British Columbia Museum no. 10622
Credit line
Photo12/Universal Images Group/Werner Forman
Reference
UMG12A29_093
Model release
No
License type
Rights managed
Available size
32,6Mb (1,1Mb) / 11,4in x 11,1in / 3428 x 3324 (300dpi)