Biting
| Nom de l'objet : | Biting |
| Titre : | Biting |
| Artiste ou artisan : | LEVAC, ANGELIQUE, MS. |
| Type de l'objet : | Birch Bark |
| Catégorie de l'objet : | Representations |
| Sous-catégorie de l'objet : | Graphics |
| Matériaux : | Birch Bark |
| Technique de fabrication : | Folded Biting |
| Numéro de catalogue : | AC 560 |
| Numéro d'accession : | 992.120.002 |
| Province d'origine : | MANITOBA |
| Pays d'origine : | CANADA |
| Secteur géo-culturel : | Subarctic |
| Date de début de production : | 19800000 |
| Date de fin de production : | 19991231 |
| Description : | Light coloured birch bark biting with flower motif in center. Flower is formed by a cross shaped element with four petals filling in the spaces. Design is capped at the top and bottom by a small heart-shaped insect design with small wings extending at each side. Signed by artist in pencil Angie Levac 1989. |
| Commentaires : | Birch-bark biting is the art of dentally perforating designs on intricately folded sheets of paper-thin bark. The technique is known to have been practised by Ojibwa (or Chippewa), Cree and other Algonquian groups who used birch bark extensively in fabricating domestic containers, architectural coverings, canoes and pictographic scrolls. Bark biting was a casual art among Aboriginal women, a means of experimenting with designs that might later be translated into porcupine quill or bead appliqué on bark containers or hide clothing. It was a form of recreation or friendly competition. More recently, through the work of Cree artist Angelique Merasty of Beaver Lake, Manitoba, bark biting has achieved the status and market of a fine art. Merasty's own technical virtuosity and visual repertoire have greatly amplified the traditional range of rudimentary geometric designs to include rich curvilinear floral, insect, animal and human figures. - Elizabeth Mcluhan, The Canadian Encyclopedia (http://www.theca |
| Longueur : | 18.7 |
| Largeur : | 11.0 |
| Unité de mesure linéaire : | cm |
| Nombre d'objets : | 1 |
| Nombre de parties composantes : | 1 |
| Département : | Ethnology |
| Établissement : |
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| Ville de l'établissement : | Calgary |
| Province de l'établissement : | Alberta |
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