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Object #     1998-90/115
Object name     Silkscreen Print
Culture of Origin     Nuu-chah-nulth, Tla-o-qui-aht
Title     Eagle's Gift
Maker or Artist     Joe David
Materials     Paper, Ink
Techniques     Silkscreen
Dimensions     H: 18 in, W: 28 in
Exhibit Label    

"This print commemorates the artist's adoption by Robert Davidson. The image shows the supernatural Eagle or Thunderbird in the Nuu-chah-nulth-style, surmounting the Whale with a Wolf inside its body."
Source     Margaret Blackman and Edwin S. Hall, Jr.
Credit     Blackman Hall Northwest Coast Print Collection
 
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