Waxemedlagin xusbandayu' (Even Though I am the Last, I Still Count) Item Number: Nb3.1494 a-b from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Two mixed-media, photo-based installation panels. On panel 'a', the outer borders depict four wolves, while the inner photographic image is of the artist's aunts and uncles as children, and the larger image is of old growth forest in Kingcome Inlet. Panel 'b' depicts four ravens on the outer borders, while the inner photographic image is of the artist's mother and her youngest sister, inside the larger image of the water and islands around Gilford Island.
Iconographic Meaning
The painted and photographic images on the piece refer directly to Nicholson's ancestry and family, drawing direct and ongoing connections between the objects and family and community history. The installation was both a critique of the Museum's visible storage and the visible absence of contextual information on the objects in the collections, and a declaration of identity.
Item History
- Made by Marianne Nicolson (Maker) in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada during 2000
- Owned by Marianne Nicolson before April 2, 2002
- Received from Marianne Nicolson (Seller), Museum of Anthropology Acquisitions Budget (Funding source) and Canada Council (Funding source) on April 9, 2002
What
Who
- Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw
- Creator
- Marianne Nicolson (Maker)
- Previous Owner
- Marianne Nicolson
- Received from
- Marianne Nicolson (Seller), Museum of Anthropology Acquisitions Budget (Funding source) and Canada Council (Funding source)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
When
- Creation Date
- during 2000
- Ownership Date
- before April 2, 2002
- Acquisition Date
- on April 9, 2002
Other
- Condition
- good
- Current Location
- Case 36
- Accession Number
- 2570/0001 a-b