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A Silkscreen Print by Rie Muņoz
Polar Bear Legend
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20" x 8 1/2" |
595
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This silkscreen illustrates an Eskimo legend of a young boy and his sister that lived with their wicked grandmother during a time of starvation. The boy was blind.
One day a Polar Bear approached. The grandmother handed the bow his bow and exclaimed, "I'll point you in the right direction then you shoot!" The bot drew his bow, shot, and killed the Polar Bear.
"Oh, too bad, you missed." said the grandmother and turning to the boy's sister whispered, " Now there will be more meat for you and me." But, in the night, while the grandmother slept the sister brought her brother meat.
The legend continues with a happy ending: the blind boy ventures to the ocean and regains his sight with the help of a Loon. The wicked grandmother goes to the ocean for magic powers and is swept underwater by a seal. The seal spirals down and down until the grandmother becomes a Narwhale and disappears into the sea.
--Rie Muņoz
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