"Following Our Ancestors' Trail"

Limited Edtion Giclee Print
$130.00 (shrinkwrapped; includes shipping)

©1992 by Clarissa Hudson
Limited edition (299) Giclee print of original silk-screened print for the Sealaska Heritage Institute's "Celebration 1992" poster
Signed & numbered
Image size: 11" x 17" | Paper size, 13" x 19"

Originally, we designed this image as a poster for the Sealaska Heritage Institute's Celebration '92. In 1992, I created a wall mural measuring approximately 5' h x 7' w, which won Best of Show at both the Lawrence Indian Art Show in Lawrence, Kansas and the Santa Fe Indian Market. In 1994, we created a Limited Edition of silk-screened prints. In 1997, for the new Alaska Native Medical Center in Anchorage, Alaska, we created a carved and painted, 7' h x 9.5' w curved wall mural (inlaid with mother-of-pearl buttons/beads and hand-pounded copper. For several years, we hand-printed cards with this image. Garfield Publications in Vancouver also printed cards. It's been a popular image!

The Design Description:

The large face is the rising Sun, another day of life, life everlasting. The people are, in a spiritual sense, like the rays of the Sun, each of us a bright light. The People are following a Path like the path of the Sun, our Ancestors' Trail.

* The Person with the Spear represents gathering from the Sea

* The Person with Basket of Berries; gathering from the Land

* The Person with T'naa (ceremonial copper shield); History, Arts, Culture, Wealth

* The Person with Child on back; Families, Generations, Clans

* The Person with Staff; our Elders, leading the Way

Around the border are Salmon, going in the same direction as the People; they represent subsistence, living with the seasons, with the Circle of Life.

Price: $130.00 (shrinkwrapped; includes shipping)

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