AQUATICUS (JOHN G. SHEDD AQUARIUM, CHICAGO, IL, USA, 1994)

Dog whip made with a caribou lower leg and hoof attached at one end. The leg fits into a tightly sewn hide piece with a fringe cut around it, which is attached to a long thick cord. At the other end of the cord, twined and knotted strips of hide have been attached.

Multi-media installation. The doll (a) consists of a wooden artist’s maquette body with brain-tanned deer hide head (no facial features), hand coverings, and dress (with fringes at sleeves and decorated with English and Cree text written in pink gel-pen ink), pink and yellow cut-glass seed beads sewn onto dress and moccasin boots, horse hair braids with white satin ribbon, ncecklace of porcupine quill, brass bead and sinew, clam shell earrings, and a belt with large brass buttons. The doll sits in a chair (part b) constructed of deer hide, wood, and sinew, and face a small LCD screen, which fastens to a wooden base (part c), and plays a video loop, with video and audio footage created by the artist.

Pouch with red silk backing. The front has pink, blue, black, green, red and yellow beaded geometric shapes on a white background. The bottom beads separate into stripes with two larger beads and wool red tassels at the end. There is a slit opening at the top.