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Thunder Maker |
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Pacific Northwest Coast Indians sustained both
their physical and spiritual existence from the land and the sea. They
created a vigorous mythology in which the birds and beasts slipped in and
out of daily life in roles that were part human and part divine. "They say it is particularly pleasing to their deity to adorn a Whale with Eagle feathers for the suppose thunder is caused in conflicts between that Bird and fish that an Eagle of enormous size takes the Whale high in the air and when it falls causes the noise thunder..." (From the diary of Haswell, second mate to Captain Gray, writing of the Nootka Sound Indians.) |
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| United States Navy commissioned this painting for the Officer's Ward Room. | ||
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#419 H. 41" W. 69" |
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| Miller, Polly, and Miller, Leon Gordon. The Lost Heritage of Alaska. New York: Bonanza Books, 1957. pp. 100-101. | ||
