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Object #     2002-20/10
Object name     Silkscreen Print
Culture of Origin     Nuu-chah-nulth, Tla-o-qui-aht
Title     Octopus & Jellyfish
Maker or Artist     Joe David
Materials     Paper, Ink
Techniques     Silkscreen, Printed
Dimensions     H: 38 in, W: 33 in
Exhibit Label    

"Spirit of the Ancestors"-This design was first drawn on a place mat in the late 1970s and eventually painted onto a skin drum. An innovative photo-serigraph technique was used to recreate the qualities of the drum's surface on the paper.

Source     Prof. Douglas Jackson
Credit     Gift of W. A. Douglas Jackson
 
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