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Ahousaht Memorial

Photo: Elizabeth Mann

Ahousaht Memorial

1978

Ron Hamilton (Hupquatchew)

First Nations, Nuu-chah-nulth, born 1948

This print, honoring seven Ahousat people who perished in a house fire, was distributed as a potlatch gift. An edition of ten was sold to raise money for the memorial ceremony. A west coast-style canoe lifts the deceased until airborne above a calm sea and into an arching rainbow.
Silkscreen
20 x 26in. (50.8 x 66cm)
Gift of Simon Ottenberg, in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Seattle Art Museum
2005.124
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
location
Not currently on view

Seattle Art Museum respectfully acknowledges that we are on Indigenous land, the traditional territories of the Coast Salish people. We honor our ongoing connection to these communities past, present, and future.

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