Label Type
Artist CommentaryLabel
Andy Everson
Kwakwaka’wakw/K’omoks, b. 1972
Eagle Down Dancer, 2010
Giclee print on Moab Entrada cotton rag
Collection of the C.N. Gorman Museum, UC Davis. Membership Fund Acquisition.
The dancer depicted in this image comes from a photograph of the artist, Andy Everson, dancing the Tła’sala or “peace dance.” The Yaxwi’we’ headdress worn by the dancer is topped with eagle down. Over the course of the dance, the eagle down falls spreading blessings of peace to the land.
Like Everson’s other works, this print illustrates his desire to uphold the traditions of both the K’ómoks and Kwakwaka’wakw First Nations.