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…
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.
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 …
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.
A full length portrait of Tibetan Bhuddist monks or priests. All are dressed in red and gold ceremonial robes. The man at the right of the painting has his eyes closed. His arm is extended and he holds an ornate tray or bowl which the man on the left is pouring water into from an ornate ewer. T…
A full length portrait of Tibetan Bhuddist monks or priests. All are dressed in red and gold ceremonial robes. The man at the right of the painting has his eyes closed. His arm is extended and he holds an ornate tray or bowl which the man on the left is pouring water into from an ornate ewer. The man in the middle has a moustache and looks directly at the viewer. An image of a Bhuddist deity is visible in the dark behind the man on the left and the man in the middle.
Walking the Mountain feeds hungry ghosts of those who came before. Specifically honoured in this work are the spirits of the Chinese pioneers, the railway workers of the late 1800's, the miners at the turn-of-the-century, the sojourner Hoy Ming Wong, 1896 - 1978 and the suicides of Kenneth Fletcher…
Walking the Mountain feeds hungry ghosts of those who came before. Specifically honoured in this work are the spirits of the Chinese pioneers, the railway workers of the late 1800's, the miners at the turn-of-the-century, the sojourner Hoy Ming Wong, 1896 - 1978 and the suicides of Kenneth Fletcher, 1954 - 1978 and Paul Speed, 1967 - 1991. These people are brought together through death and the communal act of remembering. Paul Wong, Chinaman's Peak: Walking the Mountain
Long flat wooden base painted with black enamel. Twelve small, brightly painted, plaster figures stand in a row along the base, the figures are from left to right (1) a skull painted brown, (2 )white faced person wrapped in red cloak, (3) a brown standing bear wearing coolie hat and carrying white …
Long flat wooden base painted with black enamel. Twelve small, brightly painted, plaster figures stand in a row along the base, the figures are from left to right (1) a skull painted brown, (2 )white faced person wrapped in red cloak, (3) a brown standing bear wearing coolie hat and carrying white sack, (4) a seated white cat with red feathers, (5) a green frog, (6) a standing man with exposed fat belly wearing an orange robe and carrying a white sack over his shoulder, (7) a standing woman in blue kimono with yellow hood over face, holding a lyre, (8) a man with purple blouse and green trousers holding a club, (9 )a man with black overblouse and turquoise skirt, holding staff and round yellow object with turquoise sack over shoulder, (10) a kneeling bald man with pointed head and white beard, carrying fan and wearing green robe, (11) a black cat standing with back arched, (12) a seated man with orange robe.
Two rocks with CRW writing on a yellow tag “Jack Labelle June 1973” and a piece of paper, also with CRW writing: “Brought by Jack Labelle. by Chiniki old village. old campgds hardly see it but saw tin. about 4-6 m down June 4 1973. Looking with a pick. found tomahawk rock & stone.” a) Heart-shaped …
2.0 (a); 3.5 (b) x 10.2 (a); 4.6 (b) x 10.5 (a); 9.0 (b) cm
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Two rocks with CRW writing on a yellow tag “Jack Labelle June 1973” and a piece of paper, also with CRW writing: “Brought by Jack Labelle. by Chiniki old village. old campgds hardly see it but saw tin. about 4-6 m down June 4 1973. Looking with a pick. found tomahawk rock & stone.” a) Heart-shaped tomohawk stone, grey with white spots.b) White and grey rock with hole in white side.
The roadway passes in front of the village on the bottom left hand corner. The village comprises of several houses in a diagonal line and a white church in behind. Several other homes are located at either end of the sketch. Several large trees surround the church. Behind the church the background …
The roadway passes in front of the village on the bottom left hand corner. The village comprises of several houses in a diagonal line and a white church in behind. Several other homes are located at either end of the sketch. Several large trees surround the church. Behind the church the background is bluish green possibly denoting a thick forest.