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The Frog plays an important role in prints dealing with historical, cultural, and social topics, including food scarcity, time-keeping, and crests.
The Frog plays an important role in prints dealing with historical, cultural, and social topics, including food scarcity, time-keeping, and crests.
Man and Frog, 1978
Doug Cranmer, Pal'nakwala Wakas (1927 - 2006)
Kwakwaka'wakw, Weiwaikum
"A man lived with his wife and his wife's grandmother in a village that was experiencing difficult times. Food was very scarce. Each day the man hunted for food with little luck...[After being attacked by a large frog, he trapped and skinned it.] Next morning he put on the frog skin and returned with food for his family...Each day he hunted wearing the frog skin but each night he was finding it more and more difficult to remove the frog skin...One night he didn't return but his family continued to be fed."
"In the Salish culture when the Frog begins croaking it is a sign that Spring is coming, and that it is time to stop our Winter ceremonies and get ready to fish and pick berries."
Black Frog, 2007
Maynard Johnny Jr. (b. 1973)
Penelakut Band, Coast Salish, Kwakwaka'wakw
Bear and Frogs, n.d.
Don Yeomans (b. 1953)
Haida
"Bear is a major Haida crest often shown in conjunction with the Frog crest, a symbol of communication and transformation."
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