Norval Morrisseau-Leather Vest with Copper Thunderbird emblem
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Leather Vest with Copper Thunderbird emblem

Year completed: 1970's
Medium: Acrylic on Leather
Size (inches): 32 x 20
Size (cm): 80 x 50

Status: Available for Purchase

Observations: Part of Norval's arrival for an exhibition in a town was to arrive like a band box. He wanted to be seen, known, heard, to be an event. He turned the white man's cliches back at him by flaunting them; it was part public relations, part protest, part good fun.

(NM49)