Wood Engraving w/tint block and colored penciling
Dale DeArmond
Artist's Edition: 25
Edition of Artist Proofs: 2
Book Edition: 10
Paper type: Archival quality
Print size: 7" x 8"
Image size: 4" x 5"
Hand pulled by the Artist from the original end grain maple block on an Ettan etching press at Sitka, Alaska on March 1995.
Editor's note: the image shown is of considerably poor resolution, but is the only one currently available. Book edition print is featured in From Long Ago: Crests, Hats and Masks. Some proofs are dated 1994.
Northwest coast ceremonial hat, probably Tlingit. Carved wood with abalone and copper insets. The abalone shell a trade item from California in early days. The hat is topped with three woven potlatch rings indicating that the wearer had hosted three potlatches.
Original price: $75.00