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Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Nuu-chah-nulth Whalers
Photo: Elizabeth Mann

Nuu-chah-nulth Whalers

Label TextSince the 1960s, Northwest Coast Native artists have used the printmaking medium to explore ideas and designs beyond those possible in carving, painting and weaving. Graphic works have been a vehicle to both discover traditional design and to push against its constraints.
Object number2014.4.1
Photo CreditPhoto: Elizabeth Mann
Credit LineGift of Simon Ottenberg
Dimensions18 x 26 in. (45.7 x 66 cm)
MediumLithograph
Photo: Scott Leen
1980
Object number: 2009.5.42
Whaler's hat (ciapuxas)
1960s
Object number: 95.83
Whaler's hat (ciapuxas)
1960s
Object number: 95.84
Photo: Scott Leen
1984
Object number: 2009.5.24
Photo: Scott Leen
1995
Object number: 2009.5.38
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Object number: 2009.5.39
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Abe Blashko
first half 20th century
Object number: 40.106.1
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Abe Blashko
first half 20th century
Object number: 40.106.2
Winter
Mark Tobey
1961
Object number: 88.27