Ravens are considered tricksters in Indigenous Haida worldview. A traditional story about raven involves a blind halibut fisherman alone one day in his canoe. As he manages a fishing line, a playful raven comes along and continually bugs by pulling on the line. Not knowing what is happening, the fisherman suddenly pulls the line catching the bird’s beak, breaking it off. Not sure of what he snagged, the blind man has his daughter place the broken bill on a stick and position it up above his home. The embarrassed raven emerges from the ocean and tries to reattach the beak but it slides and instead becomes attached to his chin. A crafty Raven (or crow) from jet has a special essence. You can feel the deep intelligence of this turquoise-eyed corvid carved by Nelson Yatsattie to a size of approximately 5" long, 1 3/8" wide and 4 1/2" tall. Scalloped plumage is stunningly beautiful.
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