Crow in the Whales Belly

Native American motif rendering from James Swan's notebook. Note from James Swan: Crow dives down in ocean and enters the whales mouth and lodges in its belly where it eats the vitals and whale swims ashore and is killed by the Indians, who in cutting it up release the crow which becomes a grea...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Subjects:
Haida Indians > Arts & crafts
Haida art
Crows in art
Whales in art
British Columbia
Canada
haida
Online Access:http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/1463
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Summary:Native American motif rendering from James Swan's notebook. Note from James Swan: Crow dives down in ocean and enters the whales mouth and lodges in its belly where it eats the vitals and whale swims ashore and is killed by the Indians, who in cutting it up release the crow which becomes a great Tomanawos or medicine man. On verso of drawing: Drawn by Johnny Kit Elswa a Haida in my office Port Townsend, Dec. 14th 1882

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