Bu-Quis with Cockle by Tony Hunt
Regular price
$400.00
Silkscreen Print
20 1/4" x 13"
1975
Edition of 205
In Northwest Coast mythology Bu-quis was a woods dweller who was sometimes seen alone on the beach eating cockles. He was greatly feared because he ate human beings. Bu-quis appeared in the traditional art only as a mask used in certain dances, but here Tony Hunt interpreted him in a flat design.
Hall, Edwin S., et al. Northwest Coast Indian Graphics: An Introduction to Silk Screen Prints. Douglas & McIntyre, 1981.
