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Cuff-style silver bracelet with repousse and engraved formline designs across outer surface; ends are squared. Central design extends from either side. Hatching throughout negative spaces of design itself; background made up of cross-hatching. All edges are bordered with three rows of repeating rectangles; all pressed into silver. Artist signature, mark and year made, Wilson '81, inscribed along back of bracelet.
Off-white clay bowl with black painted design across interior. Central design is of large figure with very long phallus, being held up by three smaller figures. Large figure has their long hands held upright, with the palms up. They have spiked hair, small bun on the back of their head, diagonal line across cheek, and are wearing a checked collar. The smaller figures have braided(?) hair and protruding phalluses. Interior edge of bowl trimmed with five linear bands; outer bands are thicker than inner. Patterns stamped and done in relief across exterior sides of bowl. From top to bottom: swirls with human and animal motifs throughout, raised line, repeating words "OUR HISTORY", inverted stepped triangles, abstract diamonds inside ovals, alternating feathers and groupings of vertical lines, potted flowers, abstract linear motifs, and circles. Artist inscription, done in black, on base: artist mark. Judy Chartrand. Ancient Mimbres. circa: 1100 AD. "WAKUSOYO". Tewa language.
Replica house front boards, painted in red and black; reconstruction of image from a Tsimshian house screen board in the MOA collection.
Replica house front boards, painted in red and black; reconstruction of images from a section of a Tsimshian house screen in the MOA collection. Image shows the pair of boards mounted together (DC5.1 and DC5.2).
Model pole with a thunderbird on top and a masked human at the base. The bird on top has wings pointing upward, in black, red and green; a large yellow beak and feet; two small vertical black ears, green around its eyes and a red mouth. The human at the base is in a kneeling position and has bear claw hands in black outline, a red-brown body, a mask-like face with bright green across the eyes, red on the nose and mouth, and black painted hair on top. The middle section is rounded and painted in two shades of green. The pole is attached to an unpainted, square wooden base, with nail heads showing on the bottom. Artist name and date written on the back of the bird, in black, under the wings.
Frog brooch, that sits on a lily pad design glass base (part b). The cast gold frog (part a) has large circular eyes, and wide mouth and nose; the surface of the body is textured. Front legs are curved outward from front of body; back legs are partially bent. Back right leg is held close to body and back left is pushed out; all webbed feet are fully extended. Ridges carved in relief along back of frog. Body is hollow; brooch has a round hinge and safety catch clasp on back, extending diagonally from the frog's front right leg to back left leg. Inscription in underside of chin of frog. Base made of thick rectangular, light blue glass, with frosted top. Lily pad design carved into top right corner of holder, with ripples across entire surface; cut out for brooch in centre of lily pad.
Pencil drawing of an angled ovoid with U-shapes extending from the top right and bottom left. Ovoid has a central being design, consisting of formline design elements; done with solid shading, linear hatching, and cross-hatching. Top U-shape has a crouched human figure in it; figure is made up of formline design elements. Bottom U-shape has a fineline split, and horizontal oval design; done with solid shading, and linear hatching. Artist dedication, Dedication Piece To Thelma Cooke, title, and artist mark written in pencil along bottom edge of drawing. Paper is oval-shaped and has rough edges; attached to grey board.
Drawing reconstruction of a plank for a Tsimshian house-front screen in vertical orientation; done in pencil and maroon pencil crayon. Drawing is of left profile of a figure with a large head, circular body and tail; formline design elements throughout interior. Diagonal maroon band along top edge, above figure. Rectangle-like outline, with a ragged bottom edge, overtop drawing, imitating house plank drawing is based off of. Description and artist signature written along bottom edge of drawing.
Drawing reconstruction of a Nuxalk house-screen, in horizontal orientation; done in pencil. Drawing is of a large upside down V-shape with three enlongated U-shapes extending from the bottom edge; additional ovoid-like design, with a U-shape protruding from the side, hangs from right end of the V. Ovoids protrude from top edge of V; interior of drawing filled with formline design elements. Overall drawing has a rectangular outline with three horizontal lines through it, overtop of the designs, and forming four sections; grey bands along all short edges of sections. Title, artist signaure, and date made written in bottom right corner.
Drawing reconstruction of a Nuxalk house-screen, in horizontal orientation; done in pencil. Drawing is of a large upside down V-shape with three enlongated U-shapes extending from the bottom edge; additional ovoid-like design hangs from left end of V. Ovoids protrude from top edge of V; interior of drawing filled with formline design elements. Overall drawing has a rectangular outline with three horizontal lines through it, going overtop designs, and forming four sections; grey bands along all short edges of sections. Title, artist signaure, and date made written in bottom right corner.