Happy Spirit Faces

Item number 1749/4 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.

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Series of six frontal images of purple and green animal heads with seven profile left side facing images of brown human heads that are coming from behind the animal heads. The work is centrally focused and is arranged in rows. The faces of the animals are speckled with ink. The artist's inscription is entered at the bottom right corner in yellow ink and pencil, with a logo (accpa ?). In the lower right corner, there is a small yellow image of a right pointing arrow emerging from a bulge pointing to pencilled syllabic. Pencil inscription across the bottom edge reads 'Happy Spirit Faces 26/30 1981 Irene Tiktaalaaq'. In the lower right corner, there is a circular embossing. The print is on a horizontally rectangular, white paper piece. Print is hinged on white matboard.