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Object #     1998-90/20
Object name     Silkscreen Print
Culture of Origin     Nuu-chah-nulth, Hesquiat Band
Title     Box Design
Maker or Artist     Patrick Amos
Materials     Paper, Ink
Techniques     Silkscreen
Dimensions     H: 20.5 in, W: 17.5 in
Exhibit Label    

"The grandson of Ellen Neel, the first Native printmaker on the Northwest Coast, carries on the tradition today. Many of his prints are commentaries on political events. This print incorporates a photographic image of Mary Johnson upon hearing the outcome of the Gitksan/Wet'suet'en land claim trial in 1991. The tree symbolizes the land and resources under consideration, the four broken coppers represent the legal dispute, and the four whole coppers represents the unresolved land question. The white Raven tricksters symbolize the Canadian legal system and this ruling."
Source     Margaret Blackman and Edwin S. Hall, Jr.
Credit     Blackman Hall Northwest Coast Print Collection
 
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