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Big Bear Medicine
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- Date
- 1998
- Medium
- acrylic on canvas
- Catalogue Number
- AuD.12.01
- Description
- A large painting of an Indigenous dressed as a bear. The man’s face is visible through the mouth of the bear fur that covers him. The man’s eyes are hidden by shadows. Yellow and black paint is on the rest of his face. In the claws, the man holds a wand-like stick, at the tip of which are four …
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- Title
- Big Bear Medicine
- Date
- 1998
- Medium
- acrylic on canvas
- Dimensions
- 92.5 x 92.5 cm
- Description
- A large painting of an Indigenous dressed as a bear. The man’s face is visible through the mouth of the bear fur that covers him. The man’s eyes are hidden by shadows. Yellow and black paint is on the rest of his face. In the claws, the man holds a wand-like stick, at the tip of which are four feathers. These are in the blc of the image. On either side of the bear’s head are patches of aquamarine.
- Subject
- religious
- Indigenous
- animal
- bear
- Credit
- Purchased from Bernie Makokis, St. Paul, 2001
- Catalogue Number
- AuD.12.01
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- Artist
- Brian Joseph Grandbois
- Date
- 1978
- Medium
- acrylic on paper
- Catalogue Number
- GrB.12.10
- Description
- Two central images are painted in shades of light blue, yellow and red. A bear rendered in lines and shapes faces the viewer at the bottom right. A bird-like figure sits at the upper left.
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- Artist
- Brian Joseph Grandbois
- Title
- Untitled
- Date
- 1978
- Medium
- acrylic on paper
- Dimensions
- 56.25 x 76 cm
- Description
- Two central images are painted in shades of light blue, yellow and red. A bear rendered in lines and shapes faces the viewer at the bottom right. A bird-like figure sits at the upper left.
- Subject
- mythological
- animal, bear;
- Credit
- Gift of Unknown, 2014
- Catalogue Number
- GrB.12.10
Images
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
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