Killer-Whale Transforming Into a Wolf Item Number: 1998-90/993 from the The Burke: University of Washington
Automatically Generated From Material
The paper is white. The ink is black and red.
Exhibit Label
Spirit of the Ancestors-This print illustrates the transformation of a Killer Whale into a Wolf. The legend explains why killer whales travel in groups, as do wolves. This is representative of the Nuu-chah-nulth belief of inter-changeability between animals. - Art Thompson
Item History
- Made by Art Thompson
- Received from Margaret Blackman and Edwin S. Hall Jr.
What
- Name
- Killer-Whale Transforming Into a Wolf
- Identification Number
- 1998-90/993
- Type of Item
- silkscreen print
- Material
- paper and ink
- Manufacturing Technique
- “Silkscreen” ?
- Overall
- height 18.0 in, width 20.0 in
Who
- Culture
- Nuu-chah-nulth: Ditidaht
- Creator
- Art Thompson
- Received from
- Margaret Blackman and Edwin S. Hall Jr.
Where
- Holding Institution
- The Burke: University of Washington
Other
- Motif
- Killer Whale | Wolf
- Collection
- Burke Museum Ethnology Collection