Medicine Drum

Artist Joe David (Canadian, b. 1946)

Date1979

Place of ManufactureNorth America

Mediumserigraph

DimensionsOverall (sheet; image: 37.9 cm diameter): 55.5 x 50.2 cm

ClassificationsFINE ART

Credit LineGift of Rosita Tovell

Object number1996.027.004

Descriptionthe central figure, a medicine bird with medicinal plants growing from it's left wing represents the knowledge of such plants being passed from bird to man; the crescent moon above the bird's head represents communication between earth and higher orders

Status

Not on view