Mikisew Spirit
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- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- mixed media on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- PoJ.13.02
- Description
- Bald eagle looking left on black ground, surrounded by colourful border of paint: at left red, white, blue, green, yellow, blue, yellow, black, and green segments, gold strip across top, red at right, blue at bottom. Red, white, and green triangles BRC. Textured, craquelure style black, green, and …
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- Title
- Mikisew Spirit
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- mixed media on canvas
- Dimensions
- 41.0 x 31.0 cm
- Description
- Bald eagle looking left on black ground, surrounded by colourful border of paint: at left red, white, blue, green, yellow, blue, yellow, black, and green segments, gold strip across top, red at right, blue at bottom. Red, white, and green triangles BRC. Textured, craquelure style black, green, and purple border around edges.,
- Subject
- eagle,
- Credit
- Gift of Jane Ash Poitras, Edmonton, 2021
- Catalogue Number
- PoJ.13.02
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- Date
- 1999
- Medium
- mixed media on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- PoJ.13.01
- Description
- Down the centre of the piece there is a column of four historical photographs of Indigenous people participating in the sundance ritual. Different colours and patterns border each photograph on either side of them. On each side of the piece there are painted areas or strips. Red paint looks like…
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- Title
- Sacrifice
- Date
- 1999
- Medium
- mixed media on canvas
- Dimensions
- 122.0 x 91.5 cm
- Description
- Down the centre of the piece there is a column of four historical photographs of Indigenous people participating in the sundance ritual. Different colours and patterns border each photograph on either side of them. On each side of the piece there are painted areas or strips. Red paint looks like blood running down the image. A quill is attached to the painting in the top left corner. A bone or tooth is attached to the canvas in the top right corner. The left side of the piece is painted in red tones, the left in green. In the bottom right corner there are some pictograph-like drawings of people and a dog.
- Credit
- Purchased from Jane Ash Poitras, Edmonton, 2001
- Catalogue Number
- PoJ.13.01
Images
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
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