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            One of the first commissioned pieces for Canada’s National Museum of Man, now the Canadian Museum of History, was this large mural painting by Daphne Odjig, a self-taught artist who was born on the Wikwemikong Reserve on Manitoulin Island in Ontario, Canada, and who according to the museum notes synthesized the artistic grammars of both modernist European and Anishinabe traditions to create her own unique artistic vocabulary.

Daphne Odjig (1919-2016), The Indian in Transition (1978), acrylic on canvas, 2.5 x 8.3m (8.2 x 27.2 ft)

I just looked at it and admired it, without reading the following explanation by the museum: 
The Indian in Transition takes the viewer on an historical odyssey from a time before the arrival of Europeans through the devastation and destruction of Aboriginal cultures to an expression of rejuvenation and hope.  Odjig’s story unfolds with the figure on the left playing the drum, which symbolizes strong Aboriginal cultural traditions, while overhead is a protective Thunderbird. — They mean the bird, not the vehicle, I am sure... — Then, a boat arrives filled with pale-skinned people.  The boat’s bow becomes a serpent, which represents a bad omen in Anishinabe mythology.
Next, Ofjig depicts Aboriginal people trapped in a vortext of political, social, economic and cultural change. Four ethereal figures rise above the fallen cross and broken drums against a symbol of beaurocratic authority.  To the right, a figure struggles free, sheltering the sacred drum, under the protection of the Thunderbird and the maternal eye of Mother Earth at the upper left sic! of the painting.  Odjig ends the story as it began, with a message of mutual understanding and hope for the future.
   

Taken in: Canada / Quebec / Hull (show map)

Taken on: August 22, 2023

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Camera: Apple iPhone 12, f/1.6, 1/60 sec, 4.2mm, ISO 160 (more info) (hide info)

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