Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
2013.04.008
Accession#:
2013.04
Credit Line:
Museum Purchase.
Object Name:
Print
Title:
Raven Hat
Artist — Creator:
Dale DeArmond
Artist — Creator Role:
Artist
Date:
03/1995
Description:
Wood engraving with colored pencil of Raven Hat by Dale DeArmond. Print shows a three—quarters profile of a man wearing a shawl and hat. Shawl is shaded with yellow—orange and white pencil. Hat features the head of a raven and is shaded with red, gold, and blue pencil. 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 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 "northwest coast ceremonial hat, probably Tlingit. Carved wood with two woven potlatch rings which indicate that the wearer has hosted two potlatches. The blue—green color was probably made from copper verdigris and the red from mineral substance."
Notes:
Certificate of Authenticity came with print and is located in accession file.
Hand pulled by artist from the orginial end grain maple block on an Ettan etching press at Sitka, Alaska on March 1995.
Paper: Archival Quality.
Record of Printing: 25 Artist's Editions, 10 Book Editions, 2 Artist Proofs.

People:
DeArmond, Dale
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