Painting

Item number 3595/54 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.

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Description

Vertical painting of two stylized anthropomorphic figures facing the left. The figures are dark orange-red and decorated with white, green, and brown lines, dots, and shapes. The figures are separated by green concentric v-shaped lines, which extend onto the figures as thicker, rounder lines outlined in white. The bodies of the figures are outlined in multiple green zigzags and lines, with small brown drop shapes at the ends near the bottom of the figures. The back side of the cloth contains blue lines, small dots, Arabic text, and a butterfly in the centre (from a stamp or stencil?), as well as additional markings. The blue paint on the backside is partially visible on the front. The canvas is stretched on a wooden stretcher and held in place by nails. There is an ink label on the lower right side of the back of the stretcher.

Narrative

Collected by Fred Haack in South Sudan. Haack said he spent "a great deal of time in Juba" from 1979-c. 1982, where he acquired 80 Dinka paintings. Haack wrote that the paintings were made by "a young Dinka tribesman who went to a missionary school for a few months and, with no training, put paint to canvas." The artist's name in unknown. Haack gave 70 of the paintings to the Museum of Civilization in 1994. In 1996 he gave the last 10 to the Kelowna Museum (now Okanagan Heritage Museum).

Item History

Made
Collected between 1979 and 1982
Owned by Fred E. Haack before 1996
Owned by Okanagan Heritage Museum before September 14, 2022
Received from Okanagan Heritage Museum (Transferring institution) on September 14, 2022