Teetskin and Hayitlik Item Number: 1355/4 from the MOA: University of British Columbia

Description

A design consisting of four figures encircled by a blue border. A blue and red whale is shown at the bottom of the image with a black and red thunderbird with an orange beak above the whale. The bird's two/three-feathered wings extend into sea snakes that have red and orange heads with long red tongues. The bird's head is in profile and is facing to its right. The whale is in profile facing the left side. Pencil inscription along the bottom edge reads 'Opetchesaht Tribe Teetskin and Hayeetlik 36/75 by Hupquatchew'. There is an embossing on the lower right corner for 'NORTH WEST COAST INDIAN ARTISTS GUILD member' with a salmon-trout head at the centre. The print is on vertically rectangular, green-brown paper.