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| | Artifact Number | VII-B-792 | | | Current Cultural Affiliations | Haida
| | | All Affiliations | Haida (culture)
Northwest Coast (culture)
| | | Category | 08: communication artifacts
| | | Sub-category | H040: art
| | | Place of Origin | Country - Canada, Province - British Columbia
Country - Canada, Province - British Columbia
| | | Measurements | Height 71.8 cm, Width 8.9 cm, Depth 7.6 cm | | | Artist / Maker / Manufacturer | Edenshaw, Charles
| | | Caption | Charles Edenshaw, Raven Steals the Sun, circa 1895
| | Additional Information | This model totem pole was made by traditional master sculptor Charles Edenshaw, great-grandfather of modern master Robert Davidson. The works of Edenshaw and Davidson span a century of change for the Haida people of the Canadian west coast. The argillite totem pole interprets a well-known Haida narrative, representing how Raven, the great mythmaker, stole the light that his grandfather jealously guarded, and cast the orb into the sky, where it became the Sun. Edenshaw was one of many artists who earned their reputations by carving argillite. These carvings were among the first and most enduring of the Northwest Coast art forms produced for the curio market. By the end of the nineteenth century, model totem poles like Edenshaw's had come to typify the art of argillite carving. Artists like Edenshaw and Davidson, who are able to reinterpret traditional artistic forms within a changing culture, attest to the continuing vitality of Northwest Coast Indian art.
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