Haida art by Andrew Williams. 1 7/8" diameter, hand carved argillite, 6 abalone inlays, sterling silver bezel. Haida argillite can be found in a quarry on Slatechuck Mountain which is the property of the Haida Nation.
In Haida stories, the Raven discovered and freed the first men who had been trapped in a clam shell. He then freed the first women from a chiton shell, and put the men and women together. He placed the sun, moon and stars in the sky. And he provided food for human beings by placing the salmon and oolichans in the rivers.
