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Painting3209/1

Large painting on plywood panel. Sisiutl dance screen motif. Central sun with sisiutls inside, killer whales above and below, gold-coloured background. Blackened (fire damage) across upper section. Signed on lower left, front "Blackie Dick". Back is unpainted.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Made in
'Yalis (Alert Bay), British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sun-Thunderbird-Serpent2799/1

Watercolour painting with designs in with red, orange, yellow, green, white and black paint, leaving the white ground as negative space. Central image is a sun, with mirror image thunderbirds on each side and a serpent face below the sun. A penciled "R" is visible in each red nostril. Signed, with title and date, by artist in pencil below.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Made in
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Kingcome ThunderbirdA17101

Painting of a Thunderbird. Shows a bird in profile and facing to the right side. The brown eyes are surrounded bya green area with a turquoise split u behind. The orange beak has red lips and a curling tongue with a white s-shape above and a white split u behind. The body has a central brown ovoid surrounded by an orange area outlined by green. Sideways red u forms are along the belly. Elongated brown shapes extend around the back. The outstretched wings have brown u forms along the top. The upper wing has three feathers with red dorsal-fin-like projections along the top side. The two outer feathers of the top wing each have a turquoise s-shape, a red L-shape, a turquoise and green ovoid, and a white s-shape outlined by brown. The inner feather of the top wing has a turquoise, then a brown, and then a red u form. The lower wing has four feathers. The two outer feathers of the lower wing each have two green u forms, two red u forms, and a white s-shape outlined by brown. The two inner feathers of the lower wing each have a split u with the innermost feather having a turquoise u form while the outermost feather has a brown one. The three-feathered tail has two outer feathers that each have elongated brown shapes along the side, a green u form, anda white s-shape outlined by brown. The middle tail feather has a turquoise u form, a green u form, and a red tip. The three digit claws that have central red ovoids are at either side with the front claw more open than the back claw. On the front, in blue ink, at the bottom right corner, there reads 'B. Dick'. Title on back in blue ink. The painting is on a horizontally rectangular, light yellow paper piece from a spiral book.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Kingcome ThunderbirdA17105

Thunderbird facing to the front with a circular head that has circular black eyes outlined by yellow and surrounded by a blue area with black brows above. There is a red nose and a downturned red mouth outlined with upturned blue. Around the head, there are seven upside down yellow split u's that have red inward pointing triangular shapes within. There is a frontal face on the chest that has black eyes surrounded by a red area with black brows above, a black nose, a black moustache, and an open red mouth showing teeth. The four-feathered outstretched wings have blue s-shapes along the top with a blue ovoid eye surrounded by a yellow area above. The feathers from the inside out have the following design: a black split u, a green u form, and a yellow outlined ovoid; a black eye, a red u form, a black split u, a green u form, and a yellow outlined ovoid; three black u forms, a red split u, a sideways green u form outlined by a black one, and a yellow s-shape outlined by black; and a red u form surrounded by two green u forms, a black u form, a red split u, a sideways green u form outlined by a black one, and a yellow s-shape outlined by black. The three-feathered tail has a black fin-tail shape, a red u form, and a yellow section at each tip. The black and red legs are outstretched with open brown claws that have a central yellow ovoid. On the back, there reads in blue ink 'Kingcome Thunderbird' with 'Ben Dick' in pencil. The painting is on a horizontally rectangular, light yellow paper piece from a spiral book.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sea MonsterA8005

Sea monster painted in brown, black, red, and green, outlined in grey. Central face has two eyes, each of which has two eyes within that are black circles in circles surrounded by a green area with a black nose and a red mouth, in turn, outlined by brown and blue surrounded by a green area. The central nose is red and black. The boomer-rang-shaped red mouth has white teeth with three red shapes at the centre. Black brows above have a red split u, and two upside down black u forms on top. Next to these, there is a red circle with a smaller one below off the the side all of which are in a brown shape that has a black split u outlined by a red u form on top and to the side. Below this, there is a red t-shape separating two black, white, and grey forms below it. Below this, there is a black ovoid with three brown u forms above and a sideways black u form, a sideways red u form, and a brown and grey split u along the inner side. Below this, there is a black ovoid that has inside of it a red and black profile head facing inward with a red outward and upward curling tongue. Sideways black and brown u forms are behind this with a two brown split u's above filled in with red. Three black L-shapes curve inward toware the centre where there are two brown forms with a red circle and a red u form below the central face. In black, along the bottom edge, there reads 'SEA MONSTER BEN. DICK'. The painting is on a horizontally rectangular, light yellow paper piece from a spiral book.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CodA17104

Codfish in profile and facing to the left side. Black circle in circle eyes are looking backward and is surrounded by a dark blue area. Three sets of upside down red u forms with brown dorsal-fin-like shapes above are on the head. Red nostrils and mouth show black fangs. with sideways red and black u forms behind the mouth. The body has sideways brown u forms. The back has six sets of the same as the head. The belly or the side fin has a brown ovoid outlined by red and two sideways split u's. The tail has a frontal face with black circle in oval in oval eyes surrounded by a green area with brown below and black brows above. Brown nose and red mouth show brown outlined teeth. Three red and brown feather-like shapes above the face. Blue ink signature at the bottom right corner reads 'B. Dick'. The other side reads 'Cod'. The painting is on a horizontally rectangular, light yellow paper piece from a spiral book.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Killer WhaleA17103

Painting of a killer whale in profile and facing to the left side. Black circle in eyes are looking backward and is surrounded by grey. Elongated, upside down, brown u-form above the head. Red nose, black upper teeth, and sideways red u forms behind the mouth. The body has a segmented grey line accented with elongated red u forms. The back has a black line with inward pointing triangles. The belly has black s-shapes. The tail has brown circle in circle eyes looking upward and are surrounded by a connecting green area outlined by brwon with white circles below. The two dorsal fins has a red split u and a green u form outlined by black. The side fin has two green ovoids, a red split u, and a green u form outlined by black. Blue ink signature at the bottom right corner reads 'B. Dick'. The other side reads 'Killer Whale'. The painting is on a horizontally rectangular, light yellow paper piece from a spiral book.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sea EagleA17102

A sea eagle in profile and facing to the right side. The circular brown eye is in an oval shape with a green split u at the front and a small section of cross hatching, all of which is surrounded by a red oval. The beak has a curving green triangular shape and a red s-shape. Has upper teeth with a red curling outward and downward tongue. The body has blue s-shapes with a green u form, a red split u, and a brown u form. The tail has brown ovoids and curving, red v-shapes. The dorsal fin has the head of a bird in profile facing to the left side. The side fin has a green oval, a red u form, and a green v-shape, all of which is oultined with brown. The four-feathered back wing has a red ovoid outlined by green above the alternating feathers of a green u form outlined by blue and a red u form outlined by brown. The three-feathered front wing has red u forms above the alternating feathers of a green u form outlined by blue and a brown u form outlined by brown. Blue ink signature at the bottom right corner reads 'B. Dick'. The other side reads 'Sea eagle'. The painting is on a horizontally rectangular, light yellow paper piece from a spiral book.

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