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Description

Silver box with lid. Top of lid (part b) is densely carved in a killer whale design in silver on an oxidized black background. Large head is placed at bottom left corner, mouth open, tongue emerging. Body runs along top edge, where a human figure clings, its head at top left, hand on whale’s back in front of dorsal fin, legs stretched along whale’s body with foot resting on top right side of lid. Whale’s tail curves down to the lower right corner, where decorated flukes point toward centre. Whale flipper sits at bottom centre. Box (part a) is undecorated.

Narrative

Item number 70 in the catalogue "Bill Reid: a Retrospective Exhibition" (1974; Vancouver Art Gallery).

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