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Artist Carl Beam (Ojibwe (Anishnaabe), 1943 - 2005)

Date1998

MediumMixed media on paper

DimensionsSheet: 15 3/8 x 12 in (39 x 30.5 cm)

SignedLower right in pencil: Carl Beam; Carl Beam embossed seal lower left.

Credit LineGift of Sheldon Kumer

Object numberNA1999.047.MPS

DescriptionAbove, tarot card “La Calavera” with skull and crossbones. Below, archival book illustration of Native Americans with the phrase “O-jib-be-ways.” Background, plain.

ClassificationsMixed Media

Collections

Longyear Museum of Anthropology Collections

Exhibitions

Living Legends: The Indigenous Art of Storytelling

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