Dogfish Woman and Bear Mother are elements taken from another sculpture, The Spirit of Haida Gwaii (1986) — an iconic work by Haida artist Bill Reid that was commissioned by architect Arthur Erickson for the courtyard of the Canadian Embassy in Washington, D.C. The Vancouver International Airport commissioned a second cast of the work, which is permanently installed in the international terminal. The work also appears on the back of the Canadian twenty-dollar bill. Dogfish Woman is a figure distinguished in traditional Haida design by a hooked beak that signifies her transformative powers, as well as a labret in her lower lip. Dogfish Woman was a favourite subject of Bill Reid, who has portrayed her with the stylized nose of a shark reconfigured as a crown. Reid's portrayal of Bear Mother, a Haida woman who becomes the mother of bear cub children, is depicted with a smooth human face and stylized hair. This work is part of the Simon Fraser University Art Collection. The SFU Art Collection contains over 5,800 works. Approximately 1,000 works of art are shown throughout the campus and integrated in public, administrative and common learning spaces. A selection of the most accessible in this diverse repository are incorporated into the City of Burnaby Public Art Registry. For more extensive information about the holdings at SFU, visit: https://www.sfu.ca/galleries/Collections.html (text provided by SFU)