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Silk-screen prints are a major form of contemporary Indian art. Silk-screen printing emerged in the 1950's as a new non-traditional art form, and was easily adapted to traditional Northwest Coast 2 dimensional design concepts.

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contemporary art

Description

Silkscreen print design of an eagle (larhskeek). The head is in profile and facing to the right side. Has a circular black eye outlined by a tapering oval. The black beak has two sideways red u forms and a blank upside down u form. The open black mouth has a red tongue. There are two red u forms behind the mouth. Two small feather-like shapes are down along the top of the head. The neck has a red split u. The chest has a black ovoid with an L-shape and a t-shape. At either side, there is a sidewsays red split u surrounded by a black u form. Belwo this, there is a red u form above a smaller one and three red s-shapes, all of which are surrounded by a larger black u form. Below this, there are five black feathers. The red claws are inward on the body. The tail has has three feathers, each of which has a red split u surrounded by a larger black u form. Pencil inscription across the bottom edge reads '11/160 29/05/75 EAGLE (LARHSKEEK) TSIMSIAN TRIBE KITKATLA B.C. Roy H. Vickers'. The print is on a vertically rectangular, light grey-blue paper piece.