Drawing

Item number 2978/84 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.

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Drawing on horizontal rectangular sheet of ivory paper of a fish camp scene. On the left-hand side of the image is a large stone fish weir in the form of a circle with four holding pens. The stones of the fish weir are all in black with the exception of two - one is orange and the other is purple. In the fish weir are 31 fish - eight are purple the rest are black. Two men are standing in the weir. The one on the left is facing forward and holds a kakivak in his right hand. The other faces back and also has a kakivak in his right hand. To the right of the fish weir is the camp scene. At the top is a black tent with a woman peeping out from behind the tent. The tent is of skins with a wooden door - three fish are drying suspended from the main tent pole. The lower tent is purple and is of skin with a wooden door. Four fish are suspended from the main tent pole. Below this tent are two men. The man on the left wears a purple parka with black pants while the one on the right has a white parka and black pants - both face forwards. Below them are two stone caches for fish. Artist has drawn a single line border around image.