Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
2013.28.003
Accession#:
2013.28
Credit Line:
Donated by William DeArmond.
Object Name:
Book
Title:
Tales that Raven Told: Athabascan Folktales
Date:
06/1992
Scope & Content:
"Tales that Raven Told: Athabascan Folktales" by Dale DeArmond.
One (1) handmade accordion style book consisting of double—sided panels. One side of each panels has text while the other side has an illustration attached. Text sides include the title page acting as the front cover, two story pages, and a information page which acts as the back cover. All four illustrations are wood engraving prints. Front and back covers have a silver floral motif boarder. All text also has a black line boarder. All text is handwritten in black ink.
Front cover text: "Tales that Raven \ Told \ athabascan folktales \ a handmade book \ by Dale DeArmond".
Back cover text:
This is a handmade book. The cover is a lino—cut and the illustrations are wood engravings. Cover and engravings were hand—pulled by the artist on Rivers BFK paper on an Ettan etching press. The text was handwritten. The book was designed, printed and bound by the author in an edition of five copies. This is an extra copy kept for the record. It is the first handmade book I have attempted. Dale DeArmond. Sitka, Alaska. June, 1992.
Interior text is across two pages and is separated out into four sections/paragraphs each with a title. Each section corresponds to one of the illustrations Text reads:
How Raven Got the Sun and the Moon
The chief who owned the Sun and the Moon had a daughter. Raven wanted light for his village so he married the girl and they had a child. After the child was born he cried for the sun and the moon and the doting grandfather let the baby play with them. Raven stole them from the child and let the wind set the Sun and the Moon in the sky.
The Seal Hunter
The old witch woman told the young hunter not to kill any female seals that day. The hunter disobeyed and a terrible storm came up. Soon the hunter saw a flaming cloud following his canoe. He paddled as fast as he could and reached the shore just ahead of the cloud. He ran into a house where two great wolves were tied in the entry way. When the hunter looked a little later the cloud was gone and the wolves were licking their chops.
Porcupine and Bear
Walking through the forest one day Bear met Porcupine. "Aha!" said Bear, "My dinner!" and grabbed. "Not so fast," said Porcupine and slapped Bear's tender nose with her prickly tail. Bear rolled on the ground in agony. "Oh take them out, dear Porcupine, and I'll never bother you again!" he cried. Porcupine laughed and wet the quills and took them out. And to this day Bear never bothers Porcupine.
The Death of Foggy Man
All the hunters who went to the lake to hunt ducks disappeared in the forest and were never seen again. "I'll find out," said Raven. He made a canoe and weapons of spruce gum and magic and went to the lake. He saw a stranger paddling his canoe in the middle of the lake. "Aha!" said Raven, "It's Foggy Man!" He called to Foggy Man to race with him and Raven won. Then he persuaded Foggy Man to trade canoes and weapons. When Foggy Man paddled away in the magic canoe Raven wished very hard that it would sink and it did. Foggy Man threw his spear at Raven but it was only made of Spruce gum and sand and a little magic and it crumbled in his hand. When Foggy Man swam ashore Raven shot him in the back. Then Raven went home and all the way back to camp he sang, "If you want something done right just ask me!"
All illustrations are black and white. Titles are handwritten directly below the lower proper right corner of illustration. Illustrations:
"Raven got the Sun and the Moon". A black raven flying between a waning crescent moon and a circular sun. Both the moon and sun have faces. Background is black. White stars surround bird, moon and sun.
Untitled. Illustration of a single man paddling a canoe through wavy water with a large cloud above him. Sky has many lines suggesting wind.
"Porcupine and Bear". Illustration of a bear on it's back on the ground with it's paws in the air. It's mouth is open and his face has an expression of fright, panic and/or pain. There are porcupine quills sticking out of his nose. The porcupine is in the upper proper left corner looking down at the bear. Ground is covered in vegetation.
"Death of Foggy Man". Illustration of a large raven in a canoe holding a bow. In front of raven and his canoe, there is a man flying faced down on the ground with an arrow in his back. Water and a decorative wind design around Raven and the canoe.
One (1) handmade accordion style book consisting of double—sided panels. One side of each panels has text while the other side has an illustration attached. Text sides include the title page acting as the front cover, two story pages, and a information page which acts as the back cover. All four illustrations are wood engraving prints. Front and back covers have a silver floral motif boarder. All text also has a black line boarder. All text is handwritten in black ink.
Front cover text: "Tales that Raven \ Told \ athabascan folktales \ a handmade book \ by Dale DeArmond".
Back cover text:
This is a handmade book. The cover is a lino—cut and the illustrations are wood engravings. Cover and engravings were hand—pulled by the artist on Rivers BFK paper on an Ettan etching press. The text was handwritten. The book was designed, printed and bound by the author in an edition of five copies. This is an extra copy kept for the record. It is the first handmade book I have attempted. Dale DeArmond. Sitka, Alaska. June, 1992.
Interior text is across two pages and is separated out into four sections/paragraphs each with a title. Each section corresponds to one of the illustrations Text reads:
How Raven Got the Sun and the Moon
The chief who owned the Sun and the Moon had a daughter. Raven wanted light for his village so he married the girl and they had a child. After the child was born he cried for the sun and the moon and the doting grandfather let the baby play with them. Raven stole them from the child and let the wind set the Sun and the Moon in the sky.
The Seal Hunter
The old witch woman told the young hunter not to kill any female seals that day. The hunter disobeyed and a terrible storm came up. Soon the hunter saw a flaming cloud following his canoe. He paddled as fast as he could and reached the shore just ahead of the cloud. He ran into a house where two great wolves were tied in the entry way. When the hunter looked a little later the cloud was gone and the wolves were licking their chops.
Porcupine and Bear
Walking through the forest one day Bear met Porcupine. "Aha!" said Bear, "My dinner!" and grabbed. "Not so fast," said Porcupine and slapped Bear's tender nose with her prickly tail. Bear rolled on the ground in agony. "Oh take them out, dear Porcupine, and I'll never bother you again!" he cried. Porcupine laughed and wet the quills and took them out. And to this day Bear never bothers Porcupine.
The Death of Foggy Man
All the hunters who went to the lake to hunt ducks disappeared in the forest and were never seen again. "I'll find out," said Raven. He made a canoe and weapons of spruce gum and magic and went to the lake. He saw a stranger paddling his canoe in the middle of the lake. "Aha!" said Raven, "It's Foggy Man!" He called to Foggy Man to race with him and Raven won. Then he persuaded Foggy Man to trade canoes and weapons. When Foggy Man paddled away in the magic canoe Raven wished very hard that it would sink and it did. Foggy Man threw his spear at Raven but it was only made of Spruce gum and sand and a little magic and it crumbled in his hand. When Foggy Man swam ashore Raven shot him in the back. Then Raven went home and all the way back to camp he sang, "If you want something done right just ask me!"
All illustrations are black and white. Titles are handwritten directly below the lower proper right corner of illustration. Illustrations:
"Raven got the Sun and the Moon". A black raven flying between a waning crescent moon and a circular sun. Both the moon and sun have faces. Background is black. White stars surround bird, moon and sun.
Untitled. Illustration of a single man paddling a canoe through wavy water with a large cloud above him. Sky has many lines suggesting wind.
"Porcupine and Bear". Illustration of a bear on it's back on the ground with it's paws in the air. It's mouth is open and his face has an expression of fright, panic and/or pain. There are porcupine quills sticking out of his nose. The porcupine is in the upper proper left corner looking down at the bear. Ground is covered in vegetation.
"Death of Foggy Man". Illustration of a large raven in a canoe holding a bow. In front of raven and his canoe, there is a man flying faced down on the ground with an arrow in his back. Water and a decorative wind design around Raven and the canoe.
Dates of Creation:
1992
People:
DeArmond, Dale
DeArmond, Bill
DeArmond, Bill
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