Painting Item Number: A9046 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Profile image of a sea bear with eel-fish. Main image is of a bear with claws on his hand and foot. Whale design expands down the bear's spin. Image has been cut out and glued onto matboard and framed. Framed image has then been mounted on a burlap covered board.
Narrative
One of a set originally painted in a spiral drawing book while Mungo Martin was in a Vancouver hospital in 1951.
Item History
- Made by Mungo Martin (Maker) in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada during 1951
- Collected by Harry Hawthorn during 1951
- Owned by Mungo Martin before 1951
- Received from Mungo Martin (Seller) and Museum Purchase (Funding source) during 1951
What
- Name
- Painting
- Identification Number
- A9046
- Type of Item
- painting
- Frame
- height 52.0 cm, width 54.0 cm, depth 0.5 cm
- Image
- height 29.0 cm, width 43.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw
- Creator
- Mungo Martin (Maker)
- Field Collector
- Harry Hawthorn
- Previous Owner
- Mungo Martin
- Received from
- Mungo Martin (Seller) and Museum Purchase (Funding source)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
When
- Creation Date
- during 1951
- Collection Date
- during 1951
- Ownership Date
- before 1951
- Acquisition Date
- during 1951
Other
- Item Classes
- works on paper
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 2064/0005