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Drawing3223/20

A drawing on an off-white bookmark. The front-side is a horizontally oriented, hand-drawn image of a killer whale in black ink. The whale's head is comprised of an exaggerated eye-shape, and a lower jaw decorated with two stars and one smaller creature with an eye and teeth. Air exits from a blowhole at the back of the whale's head. The body of the whale is decorated with stripe patterns, four stars, and three creatures. The whale's tail is decorated with three small creatures and one star in the bottom tail fluke. A creature with an eye and square teeth is drawn between the two tail flukes. The reverse-side of the bookmark is machine-printed in brown ink. On the left half is an image of a house surrounded by trees with the text "The Baker House" printed below. The right half of the bookmark lists commercial information including the bookstore's name, "Poor Richards Books Ltd."

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Hupacasath
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Drawing3223/55

A hand-drawn image of four vertically oriented beings: a human woman(?), a thunderbird(?), a serpent-bear being(?), and a fish. The woman, drawn at the very top of the paper, has long hair and is unclothed. Below is a thunderbird with a dash design at the back of the head and around the eye. A branch(?) and an arrow extend outwards from the bird's open mouth towards the human. Underneath the bird is a serpent-bear being(?); the being's mouth is open, it has a snake-like body, and an arm with a claw reaching towards the fish below. At the very bottom of the paper is a diamond shaped fish decorated with stripe patterns. The artist's signature, a "M" with a line through it and a dot on either side, is in the bottom right corner. The reverse-side of the drawing is blank.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Hupacasath
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Drawing3223/26

A drawing on part of a white ticket from a convocation ceremony. The front-side is a vertically oriented, hand-drawn image of a killer whale and two lightning serpents(?). The outline of the whale is drawn in dark blue ink; the interior of the whale is decorated with light and dark blue shapes. A light blue arrow extends from the whale's mouth. Air, drawn as light blue dashes, exit from the blowhole at the back of the whale's head. Both serpents are drawn in orange ink. One is positioned under the whale's jaw, swimming with the whale, and the other is above the whale's tail swimming away from the whale. A harpoon tip(?), drawn in orange and dark blue ink, is positioned near the underbelly of the whale. On the reverse-side of the ticket, a fish graphic and text is printed in light blue-grey ink on a white background.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Hupacasath
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Drawing3223/7

A drawing on an off-white bookmark. The front-side of the bookmark is a vertically oriented, hand-drawn image of a killer whale and a lightning serpent(?). The killer whale's body is in the bottom half of the bookmark; an exaggerated dorsal fin extends from the back of the whale to the top left corner of the bookmark. Swirling dashes are drawn rising out of the whale's blowhole. The whale's body is coloured dark grey; an unshaded band filled with small circles extends from the whale's head to it's tail flukes. A small human skull is drawn on the underbelly of the whale. The serpent is drawn in the top right corner. The artist's signature, a "M" with a line drawn through it and two dots, is in the bottom right corner of the bookmark. The reverse-side of the bookmark is machine-printed in black ink. There is an image of a man and a female child looking into a bookshop window. Listed below is the commercial information including the bookstore name "Bestsellers Bookstore".

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Hupacasath
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Drawing3223/56

A drawing on a blue-grey coloured bookmark. The front-side of the bookmark is decorated with a killer whale and other creatures with fins, hand-drawn in pencil. The killer whale's head is at the bottom edge of the bookmark with the whale's back extending along the right-side of the bookmark. A blowhole is depicted on the bottom left of the bookmark. A small creature with a dorsal fin, an eye-shape(?), and teeth(?), is drawn between two large fins. The reverse-side of the bookmark displays the bookstore's commercial information in black ink, including the bookstore's name, "Pages on Kensington."

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Hupacasath
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Drawing3223/23

A drawing on part of a ticket from a university convocation ceremony. On the front-side, a decorated whale, hand-drawn in black and blue ink, is vertically positioned with its head at the bottom of the ticket and its tail at the top. The mouth of the whale is beak-like. Air, drawn as blue dashes, exits from a blowhole at the back of the head. A harpoon point on a frayed rope, drawn in orange, is in the whale's mouth. On the reverse-side, part of a fish, its wake and text is machine-printed in light blue-grey ink.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Hupacasath
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Drawing3223/33

A pencil drawing on an off-white bookmark. The bookmark and the drawing are vertically oriented. The front-side of the bookmark is a hand-drawn image of an abstract human-whale(?) being. The being has a human-like face with a hominid nose and mouth; the eye is exaggerated and is enclosed by a large oval. The teeth are small and triangular. A whale-like dorsal fin, decorated with three arches and a rectangle with an elongated diamond and oval, extends from the head of the being. Beneath the head are two fin-like arms; the one on the right is curved upwards towards the dorsal fin, and the left one is drawn parallel to the bottom edge of the bookmark. The reverse-side of the bookmark is machine-printed in brown ink. An elaborate border is printed along all four edges of the page. Within an off-white rectangular text box, the bookstore's name, "The Manuscript," and information are printed in brown ink. Below, a white image of a desk with an open book and globe is printed over a brown background. At the very bottom, a quote by Leigh Hunt is printed in white ink.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Hupacasath
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Drawing3223/28

A pencil drawing of a killer whale on a machine-printed bookmark. Printed at the top, on the front-side of the bookmark, is "Mermaid Tales Bookshop" and the stores logo; a mermaid with a dark grey tail and black hair in a light grey circle. Positioned below in the white space of the bookmark is a hand-drawn image of a killer whale outlined in dark grey pencil. The interior of the whale head is decorated with white and light grey shapes and line designs. Triangular teeth line the upper jaw. A blowhole is drawn at the top of the whale's head; air, depicted as dashes, exits the blowhole and forms a swirl underneath the bookstore's name. Towards the rear of the head is a dorsal fin embellished with a white and dark grey ovoid, a white tower-shape, and a light grey asterisk. Underneath the head is a white oval with an elongated diamond-shape drawn in dark grey pencil. A pectoral fin, decorated with a light grey arch and asterisk, is drawn along the right edge of the bookmark. The upper pectoral fin joint is embellished with a small creature. Printed in black ink below the drawing is the bookstore's commercial information. On the reverse-side of the bookmark, a Chinese proverb and the bookstore's mermaid logo, is printed horizontally on the paper in black and light grey ink.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Hupacasath
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Drawing3223/1

A drawing on a single-side piece of white paper. The drawing is horizontally oriented. The left edge of the paper is cut at a curve; the top edge is longer than the bottom edge. On the far left-side, a wide "V" is drawn in yellow; a green line borders the inside of the "V," and a brown line is drawn on the right exterior edge of the "V." Extending vertically from the centre of the "V" is a green band filled with criss-crossing assemblages of green lines. Green circles, of various sizes, are drawn horizontally in the interior space of the "V." In the centre of the drawing is a human skull outlined in brown ink; a brown harpoon tip attached to a rope is drawn behind the skull. A green bar filled with a criss-cross pattern is positioned along the bottom edge of the paper; a human-like hand drawn in brown ink grips the top of the bar. On the right-side of the drawing is a yellow "L" shape rotated ninety degrees clockwise; the exterior of the "L" is bordered by a brown line and the interior is bordered by a green line. A wavy green band filled with criss-crossing assemblages of green lines, extends horizontally from the "L" to the right edge of the paper. The reverse-side of the paper is blank.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Hupacasath
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Drawing3223/51

A horizontally oriented pencil drawing on a beige bookmark. The front-side of the bookmark is a hand-drawn image of five seal-like creatures. The bottom half of the page is decorated with a random pattern of short lines, creating the appearance of water(?). All five creatures have whiskers on their snouts, and large canine teeth. On the far left-side of the page, the head of a seal is drawn beside the tail of another seal. The centre and second from the left creatures are both vertically oriented; a curved double line pattern decorates their bodies, and drawn above the rear flippers is a diamond-shape. The second from the right is drawn upside down; the body is decorated with small open circles extending from the face towards the rear flippers, and the front flippers are embellished with an elongated diamond-shape within an oval. The seal drawn on the far right edge of the page is horizontally oriented; the front flipper is decorated with an elongated diamond-shape within an oval, the body is embellished with a creature inside it, and positioned above the rear flipper is a diamond-shape within an oval. The reverse-side of the bookmark is machine-printed in black ink. The page is vertically oriented; at the top is an image of a person reading a book and below is a quote from Sara Nelson. The bookstore's commercial information, including the store's name, "Literati Books," is printed at the very bottom of the page.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Hupacasath
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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