Gunar and Eagle - Argillite Pole
Gryn White
SOLD
10 1/4" x 2 3/4" x 3 1/4"
This model argillite pole represents the Gunar or Nanatsimgit And His Wife story. This is a Haida story that tells of Gunar, whose wife is one day abducted by a Killerwhale Chief. Eventually, Gunar is met by a sympathetic Killerwhale who wants to help him. Gunar then rides the back of this whale and saves his wife from the Undersea World.
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