Wanx’id: to hide, to be hidden
About this object
Narrative
Created for the MOA exhibition "Border Zones: New Art across Cultures," which ran from Jan. 2010 to Sept 2010; purchased by MOA after the exhibition.
Physical description
Black glass box with four sides and a clear glass base, open at top. The upper edge undulates from side to side. The outside surface is plain black, the inside surface of the four sides is etched with a distributive Northwest Coast design. A black and white photograph sits on the clear glass base, which is lit from below when the box is installed for exhibition. The photograph shows three women, wearing carved headdresses and button blankets, with a young child standing behind them to the right, also wearing a wooden headdress.
Materials
Photograph / glass Adhesive
Date Made
2010
Date Acquired
22 Sep 2010
How Acquired
Sold
Credit Line
Purchased with the support of the Canada Council for the Arts Acquisition program and the Audain Foundation for the Visual ArtsMore...
Measurements
Overall: 33 cm x 51.4 cm x 41.5 cm
Object Number
2826/3