This moving portrait is of Beatrice, Adelaid, Van Ryan 1908-1993.
A member of Tsimshian Tribe, Raven Clan. Her husband was Killer Whale Clan.
In the original is a woven Cedar Gambling Basket made by Loa Ryan, her daughter
who has become a well known weaver. The Valley behind her is the Skinna River Valley,
sacred to the Tsimshiam people. Adelaids husband trapped, fished and hunted in this area since he was young.
