Card Item Number: 3548/6 from the MOA: University of British Columbia

Description

Glossy white rectangular card with a black lithograph print on the right side; card in horizontal orientation, design is vertical. Engraving is a rectangle and depicts a hunting scene. Seven figures are shown in a forested area with spears and sword-like weapons. Two figures are standing at the base of a tree with a third on a branch, stabbing at a bird. Three figures are in the background, observing, and a fourth figure is in the foreground, crouched on the ground and looking into a trap(?). A number of long-tailed birds are shown in the upper half of the image, sitting in tree branches, and there are two four-legged animals on the forest floor. All the figures have short hair and are wearing wraps; some are bare-chested, others are wearing short-sleeved shirts. All wraps and shirts are decorated; assortment of plant, geometric, curvilinear, and linear motifs. The background of the design is filled with leafy vines hanging from the trees. Artist signature and inscription in bottom right corner. Back is undecorated; light fold marks through middle.