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The Haida myth retold finds its most beautiful visual expression in this 2m- (6.6 feet) high sculpture in white cedar created by artist Bill Reid for the Museum of Anthropology in Vancouver. Dedication festivities for this masterpiece were held in 1980.
In 1972 Bill Reid created this silver killer whale on an argillite stand, copying his own 1970 masterpiece, which he had worked in gold for the traveling exhibit «The Legacy». The shape was created by means of the «lost-wax» method. (6 cm, NMM)NMM = National Museum of Man, Ottawa
Woman mask with lip plug and tattoos. - Bill Reid, Haida. (22 cm; MOA)MOA = Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
