Sound of the Night

• Main Author: Adams, Yukie
• Other Authors: Given to the University of Washington Libraries by Norman Jenisch Rose and Louise R. Rose
• Language: unknown
• Subjects: Anchorage; Indian; Orca; tlingit; Alaska
• Online Access: http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/p16786coll14/id/16

Information supplied by the artist: "The owl is a nocturnal hunting bird, a strong and silent flier with acute hearing and vision and a haunting call. As in other cultures, Northwest Coast people believe that Owl has great powers of wisdom, foreknowledge and perception. White Owl is a family crest in some regions. Owls are powerful spirits whose presence often signifies the ancestors spirits, an Owl may aid a shaman in pursuit of the good." "Yukie Adams was born in Hokkaido Japan. She studied art history and oil painting at the Musashino Art College. In 1983 she moved to Anchorage, Alaska where she met and married Alaska Tlingit Henry L. Adams. In 1987, she studied the Northwest Coast Native arts and culture as a new member of the Tlingit family. She moved to Washington State and studied Northwest Coast Indian Design at the University of Washington under Marvin Oliver. She has been creating silkscreen prints, paintings and carvings based on the traditions of the Tlingit heritage." Yukie Adams' works are in public and private collections in the U.S. and in Japan. This is one of several pieces of Ms. Adams' work donated to the UWB Library by Norman and Louise Rose. Others are "Black Raven," "White Raven," "Image of North-Orca," "Bronze Work," and "Hummingbird." [e-mail]