Painting

Item number 2574/70 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.

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Description

Watercolour storyboard panel. An insect-like machine near the bottom of the image appears to devour a water-covered Earth-like sphere with a large tree and city on it. Animals, birds, and people are on the tree. The blade of a chainsaw is shown in the upper left of the panel. A man in the lower right corner appears to be menaced by a large, red, insect-like pillar of machine parts.

Item History

What

Name
Painting
Identification Number
2574/70
Type of Item
painting
Overall
height 31.0 cm, width 23.0 cm
Image
height 26.8 cm, width 19.8 cm

Where

Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
Made in
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Who

Culture
Haida
Creator
Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas (Maker)
Previous Owner
Rocking Raven House
Received from
Rocking Raven House (Seller), Canada Council (Funding source) and Museum of Anthropology Acquisitions Budget (Funding source)

When

Creation Date
during 2002
Ownership Date
before February 10, 2003
Acquisition Date
on February 10, 2003

Other

Item Classes
works on paper
Condition
good
Accession Number
2574/0070
This work is licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 2.5 Canada License. Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available by emailing [email protected].

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