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24 x 34 in.
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24 x 34 in.
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Haida Spirit by Robert Bateman is now available in this Renaissance Edition!
The Haida are an Indian tribe of the Northwest. The canoe in this print, which measured 50 feet, is a traditional Haida design, carved from a single ancient red cedar tree. When Bateman saw it, in his mind's eye, he pictured a raven, hovering above it. According to Haida legend, the raven is a wily trickster-transformer who created the world.
'On a visit to the Queen Charlotte Islands, a Haida elder guided my wife, Birgit, and me to a secluded spot on a peaceful bay. There, Bill Reid's canoe sat at a lonely anchorage. Reid was a pioneer who did much to revive the ancient forms of Haida art. It was Reid who directed the hollowing of the 50-foot canoe from a single ancient red cedar according to traditional Haida designs, following their traditional method. The canoe was the first of its kind in almost one hundred years. Powered by 20 Haida paddlers, it made an epic 558-mile journey from Vancouver to Skidegate and truly earned its name, Loo Taa (Wave Eater).
'Seeing the canoe was, for me, a kind of spiritual experience. And although there was no raven present on that day, in my mind's eye, I saw one. To the Haida, the raven is a wily trickster-transformer who created the world, and I could see him, hovering over the canoe, perfectly centered.'
-- Robert Bateman
The Haida are an Indian tribe of the Northwest. The canoe in this print, which measured 50 feet, is a traditional Haida design, carved from a single ancient red cedar tree. When Bateman saw it, in his mind's eye, he pictured a raven, hovering above it. According to Haida legend, the raven is a wily trickster-transformer who created the world.
'On a visit to the Queen Charlotte Islands, a Haida elder guided my wife, Birgit, and me to a secluded spot on a peaceful bay. There, Bill Reid's canoe sat at a lonely anchorage. Reid was a pioneer who did much to revive the ancient forms of Haida art. It was Reid who directed the hollowing of the 50-foot canoe from a single ancient red cedar according to traditional Haida designs, following their traditional method. The canoe was the first of its kind in almost one hundred years. Powered by 20 Haida paddlers, it made an epic 558-mile journey from Vancouver to Skidegate and truly earned its name, Loo Taa (Wave Eater).
'Seeing the canoe was, for me, a kind of spiritual experience. And although there was no raven present on that day, in my mind's eye, I saw one. To the Haida, the raven is a wily trickster-transformer who created the world, and I could see him, hovering over the canoe, perfectly centered.'
-- Robert Bateman
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