Drawing

About this object

Narrative

Created by a student at the Alberni Residential School in the late 1930s. The school was located near the Tseshaht reserve, Tsahaheh 1, about 4 kilometres north of Port Alberni.

Physical description

Pencil drawing of a serpent-like creature with a an extended, barbed tongue, upright triangular spines down its back, and two clawed feet; covered with Northwest Coast style design elements.