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PrintNb7.227

Silkscreen print design of the sun. The red sun has a circular face with ovoid eyes. There is a u form below the eyes with the nose in between and two long, thin lines angling inward to come to a point above the centre. There is a mouth and a chin. The ears have a sideways split u surrounded by a red u form. There are four large, wide protrusions around the circular face, the top ones of which each have a hand-like shape within while the bottom ones of which each have a split v. There is a single radiating line in between each ear and the large, wide protrusions. There are two pairs of radiating lines in between the two top large, wide protrusions while there is one pair in between the two below. Pencil inscription across the bottom edge reads '84/200 2/7/75 THE SUN TSIMSHIAN TRIBE KITKATLA B.C. Roy H. Vickers'. The print is on a vertically rectangular, light blue paper piece.

Culture
Tsimshian
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DrawingNb3.1436

Cut out, right facing, profile squatting figure in red and white on a light yellow-white card glued to a horizontally rectangular, black cardboard. Large head at the top with a crest. Small head on the back with a series of three ovoids to a fluked tail. Arms and legs end in two digits. Design elements are outlined in red felt pen and some shapes (u forms, ovoids, etc) are filled in in red with some white outlining. Covered with clear plastic.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Made in
'Yalis (Alert Bay), British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DrawingNb3.1435

Four drawings glued to a horizontally rectangular, yellow cardboard piece. Drawing at the top left is also glued to white card and is an image of a blue pencil crayon outlined, left facing profile seal with some details filled in with pencil alongside pencil inscription that reads 'Seal age 13 Frank Willie'. The eye is in an ovoid, the nose is circular, there are fangs with teeth, the fins have split u's, the tail has eye shapes, and there is a face on the belly. The Drawing at the top right is of a left facing profile bird outlined in blue pen with design elements filled in with pencil and with yellow, red, and green pencil crayon. The eye is surrounded by a green area with two parallel, sideways u forms behind. The six-feathered wings have green accents while the four-feathered tail has red accents. There is a face on the belly, and a three digit claw. Drawing at the bottom right shows segments of animal forms in a circular pattern including three bird heads, a dorsal fin with a face outlined in blue ink with some elements filled in with pencil and green, red, and yellow pencil crayon. Drawing at the bottom left is of a thunderbird with outstretched four-feathered wings that have each have a green split u and that are outlined in red ink. Covered with clear plastic.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Made in
'Yalis (Alert Bay), British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PosterNb3.1416

Poster with photographs and a green construction paper cut-out whale. The whale is glued at the top left of a horizontally rectangular, black cardboard piece. Whale features are drawn with black felt pen. Whale has circular eye outlined by a tapering oval with a sideways split u behind the eye. The body has three sideways blank split u's. The side fin has a blank split u. The dorsal fin has two sideways tear drop shapes and an upside down blank split u. The belly has black dashes. The tail has long lines. The spout hole has black dots coming out of it. Six black and white photographs are glued in a v-shaped pattern. From the left, there are the following pictures: several boys paddling a canoe; three children outdoors with a bed, two of which wear hats while a third has a mop-like wig; paper mache horse costume worn by several children; people on a beach with fish boats in the background; playing field; and a row of girls sitting on a log at the beach. In white crayon, at the bottom left, there reads 'activities'. Covered with clear plastic.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Made in
'Yalis (Alert Bay), British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sea OtterNb3.1373

Sea otter design with a single profile in a near ovoid shape, open at the top with the head facing the hind limbs. The head is on the left side facing to the right side. Sea otter is on its back represented by black form lines, ovoids, etc., with some red detail including u forms. A red open mouth and a snub nose formed by an ovoid. Eye is double circle outline with circle tapering to points on each side. Large double ovoid at the shoulder. Forelimbs crosses chest with a four-fingered paw above the chest. Hind limb with a four-toed paw, curves up to face the head. Other details include double ovoids before the paws, a series of negative ovoids and split u's along the backbone, and stripe-like form lines along the belly. Pencil inscription along the bottom edge reads '162/200 Sea Otter Cranmer 80.' The print is on a horizontally rectangular, light brown paper piece.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Crawling WolfNb11.306

A main design consisting of a profile of a stylized standing wolf moving towards the right. Head is turned back facing to the left. In black with dark orange wolf headdress with four feathers and red-brown cedar bark fringe. Face has a black band across the nose and the eyes. Limb in dark orange while the tail, torso and ribs are in black. Stylized olive green tree and bush on the left. Straight, black, thick, vertical band on the right with a short, smaller band across the top sloping down towards the figure. Both bands have thin parallel line at the inside edge. Pencil Inscription along the bottom edge reads '16/60 A. Thompson 12/80'. There is an embossed stamp below the image on the left that reads 'Open Pacific Graphics'. The print is on horizontally rectangular, beige paper.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Ditidaht
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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House of JamesNb7.291

Stylized image of a house front. Gabled roof and outside supports in red-orange bands. House front design is bilaterally symmetrical. Red-orange circle at centre bottom surmounted by a frontal face with circular eyes and tapering lines. Bird-like heads at the top meet at the centre with a red-orange wide teeth row. Other primary lines in black. Large black ovoid in ovoid below bird head and to the sides with split u's and wing-like shapes below. At the outside, there is a profile image with a black circle within circle eye-shape and two split u's to the top. Three digit paw ? to the bottom. U forms and split s-shapes in red line detail below. Above the house, there is black line drawing. The line across the top is split by deep v's. Below, there is an ovoid in ovoid on the right side with a u-shape to the left. Evenly spaced diagonal lines slope inward from the ovoid and the u-shape toward the roof of the house. Pencil inscription across the bottom edge reads '52/80 14/9/76 HOUSE OF JAMES Roy Henry Vickers TSIMSHIAN TRIBE KITKATLA B.C. St. JOHN 14 12'. The print is on a horizontally rectangular, brown paper stock.

Culture
Tsimshian
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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StencilEd5.3048

The rectangular stencil has a cut design of two peonies and two chrysanthemums surrounded by a scroll pattern. Register points are located along the edges of design. There is a fan-shaped cutout in one corner. There are traces of Japanese script on the back.

Culture
Japanese
Made in
Mie, Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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StencilEd5.3047

The rectangular stencil has a cut design of stylized chrysanthemums; one whole and two halves. Register points are located along the edges of the design. There are traces of Japanese script on the back.

Culture
Japanese
Made in
Mie, Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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StencilEd5.3046

The rectangular stencil has a cut design of three stylized chrysanthemums surrounded by leaves and a scroll pattern. Two register points are located along the long sides of the design. There is a fan-shaped cutout in one corner. There are traces of Japanese script on the back.

Culture
Japanese
Made in
Mie, Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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