Haida Beaver by Bill Reid Haida Artist 6"x9" Copper Embossed Art Card
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Haida Beaver Copper Embossed Art Card
by Haida Artist Bill Reid
6"x9" art card comes with envelope and blank inside.
Art Card Artist biography is printed on the back.
Made and printed in Canada.
As a crest, the Beaver has been claimed most by Haida families of the Eagle side. In Haida mythology, the Beaver is one of the Raven's adoptive uncles, from whom he stole the house itself and all its surroundings - the lake, the stream, the fish that swam in them, the fish trap, and so on. He is the symbol of prodigious renewable wealth.
The two most identifying symbols are the two large incisor teeth and the scaly tail, which Reid depicted as a small human being drawn up against the stomach. He is also shown carrying a chewing stick in his front paws that have fingers.
by Haida Artist Bill Reid
6"x9" art card comes with envelope and blank inside.
Art Card Artist biography is printed on the back.
Made and printed in Canada.
As a crest, the Beaver has been claimed most by Haida families of the Eagle side. In Haida mythology, the Beaver is one of the Raven's adoptive uncles, from whom he stole the house itself and all its surroundings - the lake, the stream, the fish that swam in them, the fish trap, and so on. He is the symbol of prodigious renewable wealth.
The two most identifying symbols are the two large incisor teeth and the scaly tail, which Reid depicted as a small human being drawn up against the stomach. He is also shown carrying a chewing stick in his front paws that have fingers.