Together, 2005, mixed media on wool melton, 52 x 61 in.

Hazel Wilson (1941 – 2016, Old Massett)

Together, 2005

mixed media on wool melton, 52 x 61 in.

 

All the legends come together her – the flood, the ice age and the smallpox.

The aunt and nephew are all alone; all the other people are gone. They hold the last of the magic in their hands. K’iid K’iyaas holds the Raven who, during the Flood, was not lost. Hiilang Jaat holds the crystals of magic for the last time before they were hidden in the mountains forever.

This is just before Hiilang Jaat was transformed into the first Golden Spruce.