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Lynx Boy
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Lynx Boy

Date1980
Label TextPrints (and other art forms as well) can reference cherished and protected lineage histories, called aadaawk in the Smalgyax language. Or, as in the case of Lynx Boy, they can depict narratives from commonly known stories, or ant’imahlasxw, that are part of an encyclopedic body of knowledge that communicates worldview, values, and life lessons. According to independent curator India Real, through prints “Artists visualize their nationhood and territory. Cultural knowledge and design are passed from print to print and generation to generation. Prints circulate a sense of belonging.”
Object number2018.29.129
Provenance[Pacific Editions Limited, Victoria, British Columbia]; purchased by Bruce and Mary-Louise Colwell, Seattle, Washington, Nov. 21, 2003
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, INKED! Northwest Coast Silkscreen Prints from the Colwell Collection, Mar. 5 - Dec. 12, 2021.
Credit LineGift of R. Bruce and Mary-Louise Colwell
Dimensions22 x 15 in. (55.9 x 38.1 cm)
MediumSilkscreen
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