Buttons Item Number: Nb3.1394 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Central image in a shaded rectangle with a border of decorated circles. Central image is a discontinuous ovoid in a series of ovoids with a circle at the centre, and is alternating shaded and unshaded. From the top right side and the bottom left side, there are nearly matching u forms split at the inside, then lined diagonally, and then with the top only having an ovoid in the outer band. Thirty-two evenly spaced, decorated, matched circles outline the central image. Decoration consists of a profile bird head with a hooked beak and three apostrophe-like sweeping appendages on a diagonally lined ground. Circles on the borders. Five across the top have alternating profile views of a bird with a hooked beak, an eye at the body centre, and tapering bands indicating wings and tail feathers on a diagonally lined ground. Five across the bottom are alternating mirror-images with a central ovoid eye, a split-u in the u form above with an elongated ovoid, a small circle, and two tendrils with a fish-like face that has a circular eye and an open mouth below. Detail in split u and eyes is crosshatched. Background is diagonally lined with a scalloped inner edge of border. Narrower side borders have four rows of two floral decorated circles, a larger circle with an ovoid with two u forms (mirror each side), three rows of two floral decorations, repeat of larger circle (mirrored), three rows of two floral decorations, and larger (mirrored) four rows of two floral decorations. Diagonal lines across ground of each. Pencil inscription along the bottom edge reads 'Buttons Lyle Wilson'. The drawing is on a vertically rectangular, grey paper piece.
Cultural Context
contemporary art
Item History
- Made by Lyle Wilson (Maker) in Kitamaat, British Columbia, Canada before 1987
- Owned by Lyle Wilson before August 7, 1987
- Received from Museum of Anthropology Shop Volunteers (Funding source) and Lyle Wilson (Seller) on August 7, 1987
What
- Name
- Buttons
- Identification Number
- Nb3.1394
- Type of Item
- drawing
- Overall
- height 55.7 cm, width 38.1 cm, depth 0.1 cm
Who
- Culture
- Haisla
- Creator
- Lyle Wilson (Maker)
- Previous Owner
- Lyle Wilson
- Received from
- Museum of Anthropology Shop Volunteers (Funding source) and Lyle Wilson (Seller)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Kitamaat, British Columbia, Canada
When
- Creation Date
- before 1987
- Ownership Date
- before August 7, 1987
- Acquisition Date
- on August 7, 1987
Other
- Item Classes
- works on paper
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 1226/0006