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Description

Kwakwaka'wakw style silkscreen print of a bentwood box design. Square black frontal eagle with red as secondary colour; u shaped ears have interior u forms; 2 ovoids between eyes; frontal eagle face each pupil has 3 circles, one on each cheek and one for point of beak, pointed eyelid lines; red designs on cheeks; elliptical nose has circle at centre and broad nostrils to either side; upper lip band is joined to jaw; inverted animalistic head below jaw has long ears with ovoid and u forms.Tail at base between claws is composed of u forms. An inscription below the image from side on the left reads: "Lawrence Rosso Eagle Box design 69/225."

Cultural Context

contemporary art

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