Northwest Coast Native Art

$54.00

Item 20436

2 x 3/8

0 lbs. 0 oz.

Raven Paddles

Sterling Silver Earrings - by Danny Dennis

Danny Dennis

A Tsimshian native artist of the Frog Clan, Danny Dennis was born in 1951 at the Gitskan Village of Kitwanga. Danny's art reflects the beauty of his homeland, combining his past with his present day experiences. A self-taught artist, Danny Dennis cites mentors such as master artists Francis Williams and Robert Davidson as inspirational ever since pursuing his professional artistic career in 1978. Danny carves indigenous materials such as ivory and mastodon bone. Collectors of finely carved gold and silver jewelry enjoy his traditional design work. Unique to Danny's art are the free-flowing lines capturing the expression of freedom, and the infinite possibilities of where a person's spirit can lead them.

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The Raven is the most important being in the Northwest Coast art and mythology. In stories, Raven is intelligent, curious, innovative and resourceful, yet selfish, greedy, deceitful and mischievous. He always follows his appetite, and consequently is often in trouble: in fact, that is when he does some of his best creative work. Among many other achievements, Raven determined the order of things in the world, as we know it; secured the blessings of Fire, water, Sun, Moon, stars; and discovered humankind and all other creatures. He is the original organizer. He is also known to be a relentless schemer and practical joker, lustful, impulsive, and cunning.

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