D4

How the raven stole the sun - Cover

 

D4

How the raven stole the sun - Plate I

 
Record
D4
Book
Barbeau, Marius, 1883-1969.
How the raven stole the sun. Ottawa: Royal Society of Canada, 1944.
 
 
Catalogue Number
E99 H2 B27 1944 Rare Book Division Max Stern Collection
 
Description
The Collection has 2 copies. One copy has the author's presentation inscription on the cover: "To the Dominion Gallery, Montreal, with compliments, Marius Barbeau". The other copy is the author's signed presentation copy to Arthur Lismer, 1945. That copy also has a ms. inscription on the cover: "Haida"; and another on p. 59: "Stern". Max Stern had not been in Canada long before he began discovering the art of Canada's indigenous people. This study of Haida folklore and art was presented to the Dominion Gallery by the author.

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