Over Black Tusk

MOA: University of British Columbia

3024/5

Silkscreen print on white paper. Central round artwork depicts the profile of a large white and grey bird in flight, black and grey wing pointed down and emerging slightly below the circle of the image. A human face in profile can be seen in the top line of the wing. The bird flies in a blue sky over the white ridged, black mountainous outcropping of Black Tusk, in British Columbia’s Coast Mountain Range.

  • Narrative

    Series 46/50. From Box Set I, a portfolio of nine original limited edition serigraphs by Coast Salish artists. Commissioned by the Salish Weave Collection between 2004 and 2008.


  • Type of Item print
  • Culture Musqueam
  • Measurements height 56.3 cm, width 56.3 cm (overall) height 45.0 cm, width 41.0 cm (image)

  • Creator Susan A. Point, Eric Bourquin
  • Previous Owner Christiane Smyth, George Smyth
  • Received from George Smyth, Christiane Smyth

  • Made in Victoria

  • Creation Date during 2005
  • Ownership Date before November 4, 2013
  • Acquisition Date on November 4, 2013

  • Item Classes works on paper
  • Condition excellent
  • Accession Number 3024/0005