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Edenshaw, Charles, approximately 1839-1920

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Personal name headingEdenshaw, Charles, approximately 1839-1920
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Variant(s)Da.a xiigang, approximately 1839-1920
Da.axiigang, approximately 1839-1920
Da·aÅiigang, approximately 1839-1920
Edensaw, approximately 1839-1920
Edensaw, Charles, approximately 1839-1920
Edenshaw, Charles, ca. 1839-1920
Edenshaw, Charlie, approximately 1839-1920
Edenso, Charles, approximately 1839-1920
Ee-din-suh, approximately 1839-1920
Fairies Coming to You as in a Big Wave, approximately 1839-1920
Glacier, approximately 1839-1920
Idansu, approximately 1839-1920
Idinsaw, approximately 1839-1920
Itsina, approximately 1839-1920
Noise in the House, approximately 1839-1920
Noise in the Housepit, approximately 1839-1920
Tahaygen, approximately 1839-1920
Tahayghen, approximately 1839-1920
Takayren, approximately 1839-1920
They Gave Ten Potlatches for Him, approximately 1839-1920
Waterfall, approximately 1839-1920
Birth date1839~
Death date1920
Place of birthSkidegate (B.C.)
Place of deathMasset (B.C.)
Field of activityHaida art
Profession or occupationHaida artists
Found inCharles Edensaw and the creation of human beings, c1983: p. 63 (Charles Edensaw (c. 1839-1920); Haida Indian artist; carver and painter) p. 80 (Charles Edenshaw)
Dictionary of Canadian biography online, June 30, 2009 (Edenshaw, Charles [entry]; alternate names: Da·aÅiigang (Dah[symbol not known]égin, Tahayghen, Takayren), Skìlʹwxan jas, N¿ngkwigetklałs; succeeded to the chiefly title of Edaʹnsa (ItÄnsaw, Edensaw, Ee-din-suh, Idansu, Idinsaw)); Haida artist and chief; b. c. 1839 in Skidegate (B.C.), son of Qawkúna of the Sdastʹaas Eagle lineage and her husband Kʹłajang-kʹuna of the Nikw¿n qiwe Raven lineage; d. 1920, probably on Sept. 12 in Masset, B.C.)
Wikipedia, June 30, 2009 (Charles Edenshaw [entry]; alternate names: Charles Edenso; Haida name: Tahaygen; held the titles Skłl̕wxan jas (Fairies Coming to You as in a Big Wave), Dah̉égłn (Noise in the Housepit), N[upside down and backwards e]ngkwigetklałs (They Gave Ten Potlatches for Him))
Canadian encyclopedia online, June 30, 2009 (Edenshaw, Charlie [entry])
Getty union list of artists names online, June 30, 2009 (Edenshaw, Charles [preferred entry])
American Museum of Natural History WWW homepage, June 30, 2009: Master artists p. (Charles Edenshaw; birth name: Da.a xiigang; one of the most talented and influential of all Northwest Coast artists)
St. James guide to Native North American artists, 1997: p. 167 (Edenshaw, Charles [entry]; variant name: Da.axiigang)
Biographical directory of Native American painters, 1995: p. 163 (Edensaw, Charles [entry]; variant names: Charles Edenshaw; Takayren; Noise in the House; Edensaw; Glacier; Itinsa; Waterfall; b. 1839; d. Sept. 12, 1924 [sic])
Donald Ellis Gallery 2010, 2010: p. 56 (Tahaygen; Charles Edenshaw; b. 1839; d. 1924)
National bib agency no.1026G1544E
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