Indian Art and Legend--Pacific NorthWest--slide show1
Pat
don't particularly like the colors, etc, but the drawings are from museum
pieces, and the backs of the cards contain good legend information. I
prefer the Haida work for its clean design lines, but all of these tribes
seem to share many legends. (and isn't Raven reminiscent of Coyote among
the Southwest Indians?)
LOL, and now that I have mastered these scripts by Edgar, I see he has
posted (a) another script and then (b) an enhancement to the new script.
Well, thanks, anyway, Edgar. Your posts have never been a disappointment
for me!!
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Mary
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Artist: G (or C) Abrams-Layton, Litho'd Frank T. Coan, Vancouver, B.C.(the
dogwood blossom is British Columbia's floral emblem)
Series 1 (from notecards purchased: 1974)
KHYa1 Tlingit Tribal Totem:Fog Woman or Salmon Woman(created the salmon
for Raven)
KHYa2 Shaman's rattle and ceremonial dagger: Rattle is Raven (don't know
about the figure on his back)...he has the sun in his mouth as a gift to
Man. The face on the dagger is the Wild Witch, or Woman of the Woods, a
boogy-woman.
KHYb1 Tlingit Helmet shows Killer Whale carrying Gunath (Gunarh,)
Orpheus-type figure in his dorsal fin.
KHYb2 Kwakiutl Ceremonial Curtain for winter potlatch dances. Basic image
is Killer Whale. (no mention if the man figure is again Gunath)
KHYc1 Tlingit Raven Creator Totem: the caption describes how Raven became
black, created salmon streams, and Man.
KHYc2 Tlingit Killisnoo Beaver Totem: Crest of the Dog Salmon people
between his legs.
KHYc3 Kwakiutl Thunderbird Totem Pole: T-Bird on top, then Grizzly Bear.
Significance of the human figure is not known.
Egil
Egil.
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AlamoJim
Very nice use of the transition script Pat. Thanks!!
AlamoJim