SHADOWS OF THE THUNDERBIRD: hand painted

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247. Petite Japanese Thunderbird

Tiny 2" Thunderbird made in Japan for tourist market. Possibly plastic or bone, hand painted.

245. Black Diamond Wooden Raven

Wooden Raven figure from Black Diamond company. 4" high with stand, hand painted. Comes with small booklet containing Raven and Sun myth. Advertised as a 'Raven' the image seems to suggest a Thunderbird with the high 'ears', most commonly associated with the style.

242. Aalco Double Medium Pole

Unusual dual pole, similar in style to 191. Presumably by Aalco. Amber coloured resin with painted details. 7" high. Taller pole is a separate casting. No TM visible

Left hand pole is identical to one on 191.

241. Small Painted Resin Thunderbird

Four inches high, no visible maker. With small marking on base 'S0I' ?

238. Tsimshian Chief Johnson Pole

Light wooden carving of Tsimshian style pole, depicting the Chief Johnson monument in Ketchican Alaska.

12" high, hand painted and modelled in four pieces.

222. Swityk Tundra Raven Pair

Five inch ceramic totems, made by Swityk. Advertised as bookends, but probably just two separate items. One has cream coloured finish like similar Swityk designs (See 161, 160). Second version has brilliant white finish, possibly retouched.

Cast from resin with white painted finish, mass market tourist items.

Both show stylised Raven character bearing the salmon to human kind.

https://ztevetevans.wordpress.com/2018/04/04/haida-tales-raven-and-the-coming-of-the-salmon/

219. Small Acrylic Painted Totem

3" high acrylic composite totem. Hand painted with no TM. Marked 'Canada' on front.

Same style/maker as No.29

211. Large Wooden Display Totem Pole

4' hand carved wooden totem pole, no makers marks. Hand finished with Thunderbird seated atop a bear with an owl on the chest. Crooked beak and ears on the thunderbird are very distinctive.

210. Grand Boma Painted Totem

Large 14" resin totem made by Boma (See No. 107 for plain amber variant). Listed in Boma catalogue as No. 02-196.

Fine detailing as expected from Boma, with Eagle clutching a Killer Whale on very top.

209. Wooden Salmon Box

Plain wooden slide box with Haida Salmon decal

207. Large Carved Totem

3' long carved in red cedar. Signed 'C.Bell, Vancouver B.C'

Features a Thunderbird carrying a killer whale above a bear, Fog Woman and a pillar with four grimacing faces. (Possibly a papoose in bindings, with four expressions)

199. Vic Yeoda Wooden Totem 'Raven's Deal'

Alaska Black Diamond. Six inch hand carved and painted cedar model Representing two ravens, with the face of a shaman on the chest of the upper figure. Made in Alaska sticker and signed 'Vic Yeoda' See number 179. Entitled 'Raven's Deal'

RAVENS DEAL

Two Ravens appeared before the tribal council to discuss the lack of salmon in the streams. The wise men suspected that one of the Ravens was different

This Raven was actually a Shaman, who had transformed himself into his bird form to find out where the Ravens had hidden the salmon from the streams.

Ravens enjoyed playing tricks on the humans, but this time the old Shaman was smart. He flew with Raven this spring morning, watching him divert the salmon away from the streams, back to sea. A mischievous deed he had made with the Killer Whales so they could have more than their share of fish to eat.

That same night, as Raven's eyes became heavy with sleep, the Shaman turned himself back into his Raven form and flew back over the open ocean to cast a spell on the salmon, making them swim back to the streams, double crossing the deal the Trickster Raven had made with the Killer Whales.

To this day, each spring and fall, the Raven and the Shaman play this game. That is why the salmon return to the streams and this why Ravens do not land on the salt water, where Killer Whale awaits him.