Haida argillite carvings are a sculptural tradition among the Haida indigenous nation of the Northwest Coast of North America. It first became a widespread...
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for manufacturing; today the Haida have a monopoly on use of the argillite. Argillite carvings are synonymous with Haida artwork and are one of the few...
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Boelscher Ignace Haida Heritage Centre Haida mythology Colonial police action against the people of Haida Gwaii Haida Argillite Carvings Government of British...
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Haida Nation, their collective government body Haida language, their language Haida argillite carvings, an art form that is a Haida specialty Haida manga...
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Northwest Coast art (redirect from Haida art)
art Button blanket Chilkat weaving Coast Salish art Formline art Haida argillite carvings Kwakwaka'wakw art Native American art Potlatch Totem pole Transformation...
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showcase pieces of Haida history and contemporary life, and Haida art and culture (including button blankets, argillite carvings, and totem poles), natural...
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Charles Edenshaw (category Articles containing Haida-language text)
Edenshaw (c. 1839–1920) was a Haida artist from Haida Gwaii, British Columbia. He is known for his woodcarving, argillite carving, jewellery, and painting...
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Haldimand Proclamation Hamatla Treaty Society Haida Argillite Carvings Haida language Haida manga Haida mythology Haisla language Head-Smashed-In Buffalo...
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began producing work for commercial sales, such as small argillite carvings produced by the Haida. The end of the 19th century also saw large-scale export...
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Hoover, Alan L and Peter L. Macnair. The Magic Leaves: A History of Haida Argillite Carving. Victoria: RBCM, 2002. Johnstone, Bill. Coal Dust In My Blood:...
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Bill Reid (category Haida woodcarvers)
William Ronald Reid Jr. OBC RCA (12 January 1920 – 13 March 1998) was a Haida artist whose works include jewelry, sculpture, screen-printing, and paintings...
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metal plate, 71 in. wide when open, Brooklyn Museum, NY Haida argillite carving; 1850–1900; from Haida Gwaii; National Museum of the American Indian Cedar...
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Reg Davidson (category Haida woodcarvers)
grandson of the Haida artist and memoirist Florence Davidson. He is a member of the Eagle moiety, Ts'ał'lanas lineage. He began carving argillite in 1972 and...
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Nations collections in Canada with assemblages such as: Argillite carvings Small wooden carvings (mini totem poles, figures) Monumental wooden sculptures...
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Kiusta (category Articles containing Haida-language text)
Kiusta (Haida: K’yuusda) located on Haida Gwaii is the oldest Northern Haida village: and the site of first recorded contact between the Haida and Europeans...
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Northwest Coast Indian Art (1983) The Magic Leaves: A History of Haida Argillite Carving (1984) Down from the Shimmering Sky: Masks of the Northwest Coast...
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new floral appliqué techniques in moose hair embroidery 1820s: Haida argillite carving emerges, in the wake of the declining Fur trade 1820s: Tuscarora...
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Slatechuck Creek (category Rivers of Haida Gwaii)
whose name in the Haida language is Kaagan. The basin of Slatechuck Creek is the only source in the world of a rare black form of argillite, formerly commonly...
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an important material for carving bracelets and other items. In the 1820s, a major argillite quarry was discovered on Haida Gwaii, and this stone proved...
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Creek "slate creek" Haida Gwaii BC stream 103F1 53.24°N 132.25°W the slate referred to is black argillite, used in Haida carving and found only in this...
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