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Amate Drawing3289/16

Highly detailed drawing in black ink, on natural amate paper. Vertical orientation on rectangular paper. The imagery depicts scenes of political campaigning. The image covers almost the entire paper except for the outer border. Artist inscription below.

Culture
Mexican
Made in
Xalitla, Guerrero, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Amate Drawing3289/18

Highly detailed drawing in black ink, on natural amate paper. Horizontal orientation on rectangular paper. The imagery depicts the production of amate drawings. The image covers the entire paper to the edges. Artist inscription below.

Culture
Mexican
Made in
Xalitla, Guerrero, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dogfish and Spirit3260/289

Silkscreen print on rectangular beige paper. Image appears to be two figures with one head. A dogfish outlined in black, in profile with dorsal fin, pectoral fin and tail, rectangular face to the front; secondary designs in red. The other figure's body is below the head, mainly in red but with black feet and hands. The smaller figure also has a small dorsal fin, but has arms and legs. Pencil writing below the image reads: ' 2/75 / dogfish and spirit / NTait 78".

Culture
Nisga'a
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sea Monster in Dance Mask - ya gis3278/1

Painting on paper of a person wrapped in a green and red button blanket, wearing a large mask, with a prominent scalloped nose emerging from front over a red mouth with bared teeth; there are three large fins on the top. Designs decorate the face in colours of orange, yellow, blue and green. The blanket has a fish or aquatic creature design on the back. Light yellow background. Paper is corrugated along one edge.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sea Man - Ba gwis3279/1

Painting on paper. On a light yellow background stand two figures facing each other in fighting pose, slightly crouched with hands raised to the front. Each wears a one piece decorated garment, as well as a large headdress and long cascading hair. The right headdress has a bird at top. Paper is corrugated along one edge.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dreaming Graffiti—Words3280/4

Photograph printed on plexiglas, showing a large mural painted on a building in Kabul, Afghanistan. Image shows the walls of several buildings side by side along the street, and a man emerging from a door on the right. A cityscape appears above and behind. Painted on the wall is a mural of a stylized woman in a blue burka, facing right. Behind her are blue circular and floral motifs, and across her body are wavy lines of orange with a large grey disc between them. A black vertical lines runs through the image in the first third of the photograph.

Culture
Afghan
Made in
Kabul, Afghanistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Words3280/3

Large photograph printed on plexiglas, showing a mural painted on a building in Kabul, Afghanistan. A smooth concrete wall fills the image, a shaft of light falling from top left to bottom right. A stylized painting of a woman in a blue burka is near centre, looking up at a black ball flying through the sky toward a collection of blue circular and floral motifs beside her. Cans of spray paint sit on the ground at bottom.

Culture
Afghan
Made in
Kabul, Afghanistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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What about the Dead Fish?3280/2

Small photograph printed on plexiglas, showing a mural painted on a building. A concrete staircase is at bottom left, against a grey decaying concrete wall with a brick under-layer showing through in several places. On the wall is painted a woman appearing to sit on the staircase, wearing a blue burka. On the right is a verse in Afghan Persian, using Perso-Arabic script. The artist’s initials (SH) are painted in blue below. Cans of spray paint can be seen sitting on the steps.

Culture
Afghan
Made in
Kabul, Afghanistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dreaming Graffiti3280/1

Photograph printed on plexiglas, showing a large mural-like painting. Image shows two boys on the left against a backdrop of stairs and an alley, houses in the distance. On the right is a light coloured wall with a brown window at top and covered doorway below. The graffiti image is painted over the image of the wall, and shows a woman with closed eyes covering her mouth and forehead with her hands. Her hijab surrounds her face, lifting away from her head to the right and fluttering in front of her blue robe at bottom. There is Arabic text to the right of the figure. There is a curling motif in blue at the bottom.

Culture
Afghan
Made in
Kabul, Afghanistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Thunder Bird3279/2

Painting on paper. On a light yellow background stands a large bird facing front, wings outstretched and curving above its head. Bird looks to the right, with head crest extending behind. A face covers the torso, with ovoid eyes and a wide mouth showing bared teeth. Wings are decorated in bright colours. Paper is corrugated along one edge.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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