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Porcupine and Bear (1992)

Wood Engraving
Dale DeArmond
Artist's Edition: 25
Edition of Artist Proofs: 2

Book Edition: 5

Paper type: Archival quality
Image size: 5" x 6"

AKA: Brown Bear and Porcupine

Hand pulled by the artist from the original endgrain maple block at Sitka, Alaska, March, 1992.

Book edition print is featured in Tales that Raven Told: Athabascan Folktales. The image is also illustrated in the book Tales From the Dena: Indian Stories from the Tanana, Koyukuk & Yukon Rivers.

An Athabascan folk tale: Bear met Porcupine and said, "I'm going to eat you, little sister."

"Are you now?" said Porcupine and slapped him smartly across the nose with her prickly tail. Bear rolled on the ground in agony and cried "Take them out, little sister, and I promise I'll never bother you again." Porcupine laughed but she took out the quills and to this day Bear walks a long way around when he sees Porcupine.

Original price: $60.00