Title: The Spirit of Haida Gwaii
First published: 1997
Description: The artist Bill Reid, who is part Haida, is internationally renowned for his totem poles and other large pieces, as well as for his work on a small scale in silver and gold. His masterpiece, The Spirit of Haida Gwaii, is a bronze canoe six metres (20 feet) long, filled to overflowing with the creatures of Haida mythology.

Ulli Steltzer's superb black-and-white photographs record and reveal intimate insights into the creative process of this sculpture, as well as the parts and the whole of this monumental work. The story of the sculpture and of its creator, Bill Reid, is engagingly related by Robin Laurence. And Bill Reid's own descriptions of the creatures in the canoe provide glimpses into the mythic complexity and power of The Spirit of Haida Gwaii.
Subjects: Pictorial works, Haida sculpture, Haida mythology, Native sculpture, Mythologie haida, Oeuvres, Plastik, Mythologie, Native mythology, Haida mythology in art, The Spirit of Haida Gwaii, Ouvrages illustres, Sculpture haida, Mythologie indienne d'Amerique, Sculpture, Sculpture indienne d'Amerique, Indians of north america, northwest, pacific, Indian sculpture, north america, Indian mythology, north america, Indians of north america, pictorial works
People: William Reid (1920-)
LC classification: E99.H2 S76 1997