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Raven brings light to the World

Maker Don Yeomans First Nations, Haida, born 1958

Label TextYeomans has given us a sleek, compact, and oh-so-contemporary design of Raven. It’s like that “What’s in your wallet” commercial, only this time chic Raven clutches a modern version of the Box of Daylight, which, according to oral traditions, held the moon, sun, and stars. He’s confident and in charge, having successfully cajoled this treasure from the hands of a great chief. Trickster and culture hero, Raven releases the celestial bodies into the dark sky, thus providing light for humankind.

Object number2019.3.18

Provenance[The Legacy Limited, Seattle, Washington]; purchased by Bruce and Mary- Louise Colwell, Seattle, Washington, Dec. 17, 1998

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Avian Avatars: Birds in Northwest Coast Prints from the Colwell Collection, Dec. 15, 2021 - June 12, 2022.

Credit LineGift of R. Bruce and Mary-Louise Colwell

Dimensions14 x 14 in. (35.6 x 35.6 cm)

MediumSilkscreen