Previous Next
Record 14/15
Description 
Wood engraving with colored pencil of Raven's Barbecue Hat by Dale DeArmond. Print shows a man's profile facing the proper left. His clothes are black, yellow-orange, and white. His hat has the form of a raven with the wings on the side, tail protruding from the back and head and beak protuding to the top and front. There is another bird's beak on the front side. Hat is shaded with brown, blue, grey, white, gold and green pencil. Fur is dangling from the top of the raven's head. Print ink is black. Background of print is shades of orange and yellow. Decorative boarder around edge. Text written in pencil below decorative edge of print reads: "Raven's Barbecue Hat 1/25 D. DeArmond - imp c 95". The "c" is the copyright sign of a c with in a circle. Top edge of paper uncut/finished. According to Certificate of Authenticity the hat is a "crest hat of carved wood topped with two woven potlatch rings and winter ermine skins. The story tells how Raven invited the birds to a salmon barbecue and tricked them into going over the mountains for fresh leaves while he ate the salmon himself."
Raven's Barbecue Hat -From Long Ago and the Hat Series from Dale DeArmond -Permission to use this image may be obtained by contacting museum staff.
Image
Raven's Barbeque Hat by Dale DeArmond

All images are the property of the Juneau-Douglas City Museum. No image may be copied, downloaded or reproduced without the express permission of the Juneau-Douglas City Museum.

Mailing Address: 155 South Seward, Juneau, Alaska 99801 --- General Information: (907) 586-3572 ---- Museum Home: http://www.juneau.org/museum Curator of Collections and Exhibits: Jodi DeBruyne    Jodi.DeBruyne@juneau.org
Last modified on: December 31, 2014