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Spirit of Haida Gwaii is intended to represent the Aboriginal heritage of Haida Gwaii, formerly called the Queen Charlotte Islands. In green-coloured bronze on the Vancouver version and black-coloured on the Washington version, it shows a traditional Haida cedar dugout canoe which totals six metres in length.
Spirit of Haida Gwaii is the largest, most complex, and best known of Bill Reid’s sculptures. The work depicts a canoe filled with thirteen entangled ethereal beings, the majority of whom are non-human and of mythical Haida origin.
The Spirit of Haida Gwaii. At the front of the canoe sits the Grizzly Bear and Bear Mother, with two bear cubs between them. Haida mythology retells a story of a woman who once disrespected a group of bears and was consequently forced to marry one. The character ultimately gave birth to two bear cubs and became known as Bear Mother. The moral ...
25 Απρ 2024 · Near the main entrance of the Canadian embassy is a large sculpture of a canoe peopled with 13 mythological figures of the Haida people, an indigenous group native to the islands off the northern...
11 Φεβ 2016 · (In a poem titled “The Spirit of Haida Gwaii,” written to accompany the sculpture, Reid explored the levels of meaning conveyed by the canoe and those aboard it.) The journeying theme, imposing scale and lively passengers of The Jade Canoe are beautifully suited to a busy international airport.
16 Μαΐ 2023 · A personal account of a volunteer experience in Haida Gwaii, an archipelago in B.C. with rich culture and nature. Learn about seabirds, whales, Haida villages, and Haida beliefs from the author's perspective.
The Spirit of Haida Gwaii represents a truth found both in international relations and within multicultural Canada itself: that progress and co-operation between different nations are possible, but never without conflict and tension.
