<  Previous MasterScans Wallpaper-quality pictures of great art from around the Web, updated daily Next >     Artist: Susan Point [Native Canadian (Coast Salish) artist, born 1952] Title: The Beaver and the Mink Date: Medium: red cedar sculpture Dimensions: the entire work is approx. 2 meters (78") high Location: National Museum of the American Indian, Washington D.C. Image size: 1858 x 1456 pixels, 445 Kbytes Image source: PBase                1.  Open in a new window   2.  Open in a 'chromeless' window       This is a powerful painted and carved sculpture inspired by the legend of how the beaver and the mink came to bring salmon to the rivers of the Northwest. The "original" size photograph is just TOO large, but you should scroll down and click on it just to see how amazing it is. The piece is two-sided; I found a high-res image of the other side of the work at Flickr. Click on "All Sizes" to enlarge it.

 

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