Alaskan Posters by Bill Hudson:
17th Annual Alaska Folk Festival

Giclee Print of the original handprinted silkscreen poster
Printed on archival paper     
Signed & numbered limited edition of 299 prints
$59 unmatted, includes shipping & handling

This was my eighth poster for the Alaska Folk Festival.

One of the most important cultural events among the indigenous tribes of the Northwest Coast was the "potlatch." These extravagant, multi-day parties included feasting and giving of gifts, and often left the host bankrupt —— but well-respected.

The canoes were carved in one piece, usually from massive red cedar trees that were hollowed out and then steamed and bent into an elegant, seaworthy shape —— and then painted with totemic designs.

This canoe might have represented a party arriving at a potlatch party from another village in the archipelago of emerald islands scattered along the coast from Seattle to Sitka. Except, of course, that the paddles are a bit non-traditional.

Price: $59.00 (shrinkwrapped; includes shipping)

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