#argillite

[arthistoryanimalia]

It's #OCTOber #WorldOctopusDay🐙 and I'm awestruck by this incredible octopus platter!

Octopus platter, Traditional Haida carved argillite, late 19th c., from Haida Gwaii (Queen Charlotte Islands, BC, Canada). 3 x 20 x 29.6 cm.

Anchorage Museum 1977.008.001

[notaboxofrocks]

Field camp week 3 photo dump, including pics from the big salty (Great Salt Lake)

[doubtspirit]

Ernest Swanson Argillite Raven Pendant

This pendant is carved front and back, with a piece of abalone set in a silver bezel that flips to compliment whichever side is facing outwards. Argillite is a fine black slate which occurs only at a quarry on a Slatechuck Mountain, near the town of Skidegate in Haida Gwaai. It is carved exclusivly by peoples from the Haida nation. The Raven is an important crest figure for the Haida peoples. He is known for his intelligence, creativity, and transformative abilities.

[fyeahindigenousfashion]

argillite pendant, Marcel Russ (Haida)

[douglasreynoldsgallery]

An #argillite #totem pole by a young Robert Davidson. #douglasreynoldsgallery http://ow.ly/xF9z30cctWO (at Douglas Reynolds Gallery)

[fyeahindigenousfashion]

argillite pendant, Melanie Russ (Haida)

[buddha-arena]

Left: Haida argillite figure of a Russian sea captain (c. 1840 - 1870)

Center: Haida argillite sailors (c. 1845)

Right: Haida argillite figure of a Russian sea captain grasping ship’s rail (c. 1840 - 1870)

“The subject matter of Haida argillite carvings has passed through a number of different phases from its inception as a traditional sculpture medium in the early 19th century... By the 1830s, interest had developed in the production of small statuettes of officers, sailors, and occasionally women, standing in their dress attire, often highly detailed in the depiction of the garments, hats, hair and/or beard styles, and the personalities of these strangers from worlds away...Many of these naturalist figures appear very formal: captains in long coats, with a serious look on their faces and hands in their pockets. Others are more humorous or whimsical in nature... The usual attention has been paid by the carver to the oddities (from a Haida perspective) of the sailors’ clothes and dressing style, depicting shoes, collars, cuffs, shirt or vest patterns, scarves, and hats. The men’s hair is wavy and long, flowing from cap to collar in 1840s style, and their fair-skinned faces have been detailed in small ivory pieces set in place below their hat brims. The facial expressions are curious, conveying a real personality... Their posture and whimsical body language add to the magnetic quality...” — (From the Catalog of the Thaw Collection of American Indian Art, 2nd ed.) Finemore Art Museum label text

[montaralin]

Don't they look delicious? #FlatheadLake #rocksrock #argillite etc. (at Flathead lake Polson Montana) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2qJVUNgeFd/?igshid=y4cok6cnrasl