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Drawing

MOA: University of British Columbia

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A drawing on a blue-grey coloured bookmark. The front-side of the bookmark is decorated with a killer whale and other creatures with fins, hand-drawn in pencil. The killer whale's head is at the bottom edge of the bookmark with the whale's back extending along the right-side of the bookmark. A blowhole is depicted on the bottom left of the bookmark. A small creature with a dorsal fin, an eye-shape(?), and teeth(?), is drawn between two large fins. The reverse-side of the bookmark displays the bookstore's commercial information in black ink, including the bookstore's name, "Pages on Kensington."

  • History Of Use

    These 62 small works (3223/1-62) comprise a collection of drawings in pencil, ink, pencil crayon, and felt pen made by the artist between the years 1968 and 2015. During that period the artist has identified himself by the following names: Ron Hamilton; Hupquatchew; Ki-ke-in; Kwayatsapalth; Chuuchkamalthnii; and Haa’yuups. The drawings are, for the most part, applied to the backs of bookmarks acquired from a range of bookshops; some are applied to other pieces of paper or cutouts from his earlier silkscreen prints. Many of the images represent killer whales, often in conjunction with accoutrements and symbols of Nuu-chah-nulth whaling. The juxtaposition of bookmark and representation of Nuu-chah-nulth himwits’a, or narrative, is a deliberate and meaningful placement of two distinct knowledge systems in relationship with one another. Ephemeral drawings like these were not created for the market; the artist has long made them for himself and sometimes as gifts for relatives and friends; they are a way of sharing his knowledge and experience about Nuu-chah-nulth ways of knowing, thinking about, and being in this world; they are expressive of what he calls kiitskiitsa: marks made with intention.

  • Type of Item drawing
  • Culture Hupacasath
  • Measurements height 14.0 cm, width 6.2 cm (overall)
  • Creator Ron Hamilton
  • Previous Owner Ron Hamilton
  • Received from Museum of Anthropology Acquisitions Budget, Michael O'Brian Family Foundation, Ron Hamilton
  • Made in British Columbia
  • Creation Date between 1968 and 2015
  • Ownership Date before November 8, 2016
  • Acquisition Date on November 18, 2016
  • Item Classes works on paper
  • Condition excellent
  • Accession Number 3223/0056

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