- 1-2-X-4 (12.8)-a035942
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- ca. 2000
Image depicts a transformation mask created by artist Stan Wamiss (Kwakwaka'wakw) installed at the Vancouver International Airport.
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Image depicts a transformation mask created by artist Stan Wamiss (Kwakwaka'wakw) installed at the Vancouver International Airport.
Image shows a whaling canoe carved by artist Tim Paul (Nuu-chah-nulth).
Interview with Bill Reid about Celebration of the Raven Part 1
Part of MOA General Media collection
Item is the first of a three part sound recording of an interview with Bill Reid about the origins of his carving The Raven and the First Men, located at MOA. The interviewer is unknown. During the interview Bill Reid discusses how the sculpture was the result of a highly collaborative process involving other artists, his impression of the location of the carving in MOA, and his working relationship with Walter C. Koerner who commissioned the sculpture. He lastly discusses his representation and interpretation of the Haida legend that the carving is based on. This recording is part of Celebration of the Raven which documented the creation of the Raven and the First Men Sculpture, its relocation to the Museum of Anthropology, and the unveiling by the Prince of Wales in 1982.