The Life of Meares Island

Item number 1602/35 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.

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Description

A main design consisting of a black thunderbird with a serpent on the wing at the right and a wolf on the wing at the left surmount a green mountain-like island. Whale below island. Thunder bird has profile head, facing side on the right. Two ears side by side are joined at downward curving tips. Short curved open beak. Wings outspread horizontally at sides have gradually diminishing feather pattern towards island. Island is outlined in black with one black line diverging into two. Profile serpent has a curvilinear body, a head facing to the side on the left, two ears side by side curving downwards, two lines of short dashes along the upper line of the open mouth, and a curled nose. Wolf has a head turning to face the side on the left, two lines of short dashes along the upper lip, bared teeth, four s curves and a four pointed star on the body, paws on the fore and hind legs curving backwards, and an inverted u shaped tail. Whale has a triangular blowhole, a small dorsal fin, an open mouth, a pectoral fin at the left of the eye ovoid has a cross and a grouping of three horizontal lines, and tail flukes having eyes within a series of three ovoids. Pencil inscription along the bottom edge reads 'A/P 1/50 The Life of Meares Island J. DAVID - 85'. The print is on a horizontally rectangular, white paper piece.

Item History

Made by Joe David (Maker) in British Columbia, Canada during 1985
Owned by Joe David before February 16, 1994
Received from Joe David (Seller) and Museum of Anthropology Shop Volunteers (Funding source) on February 16, 1994