Description

Rectangular design of a seated figure with a hat and upraised hands holding a sword in red and black. The stylized figure has black ovoid eyes with the rest of the square face split down the middle by the long downward pointing triangular nose. At either side of the nose, there is a split u, half of a red moth, and four teeth. The chest has two large black ovoids, two pairs of red u forms surrounded by a larger red one that is surrounded by a larger black one, and three pairs of red 'ribs'. The legs are at either sides with the knees bent upward and the feet flat on the ground. The arms are upraised at an angle holding a black sword across and above the head. The figure is wearing a dome-shaped hat, and the head is surrounded by outlines of red spikes with a split u at either side. There are wing-like features at either side of the arms. The figure is sitting on a dome shape that has five split u's surrounded by a red u form and outlined by black. Pencil inscription across the bottom edge reads '36/75 15/8/75 MY GUARDIAN ANGEL Roy Henry Vickers TSIMSHIAN TRIBE KITKATLA B.C.'. 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 a vertically rectangular, light brown paper piece.