Ink and colour on paper, entitled A Man and Woman of Nootka Sound, inscribed Engraved for the Encyclopedia Londinensis, 1819, framed and glazed
43cm x 31cm
The First Nations inhabiting the area on Vancouver Island are Nuu-chah-nulth, meaning ‘Along the mountains’, or ‘Along the Outside’. They have been called Nootka due to the misunderstanding of Captain Cook in 1778: the locals shouted at him Itchme nutka, meaning ‘go around’.
The Nuu-chah-nulth culture is naturally connected with marine life, salmon and whale hunting using sea canoes and harpoons.
The woman in the print is wearing a traditionally woven conical hat decorated with whale motif, surmounted with a bulbous finial. They were worked in red cedar bark and bear grass and are waterproof.
Ink and colour on paper, entitled A Man and Woman of Nootka Sound, inscribed Engraved for the Encyclopedia Londinensis, 1819, framed and glazed
43cm x 31cm
The First Nations inhabiting the area on Vancouver Island are Nuu-chah-nulth, meaning ‘Along the mountains’, or ‘Along the Outside’. They have been called Nootka due to the misunderstanding of Captain Cook in 1778: the locals shouted at him Itchme nutka, meaning ‘go around’.
The Nuu-chah-nulth culture is naturally connected with marine life, salmon and whale hunting using sea canoes and harpoons.
The woman in the print is wearing a traditionally woven conical hat decorated with whale motif, surmounted with a bulbous finial. They were worked in red cedar bark and bear grass and are waterproof.
