[9] Businessman Walter Koerner noticed the miniature and commissioned Reid to create a larger version for the Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia.

[8] Another scale version of the sculpture made in onyx exists and both carvings are held in the Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art.

A donation by Rayonier Canada of multiple yellow cedar beams which were laminated together with the assistance of Koppers International became the final medium for the sculpture.

Carving began in the fall of 1978, the initial roughing of the shape was done with the assistance of Gidansda Guujaaw and George A. Norris.

The men within the clamshell were carved by George Rammell and the final tool finishing being done by Reg Davidson and Jim Hart.

[14] Reception has been positive, with one critic remarking that Reid combines European sculpture tradition with native Haida art.