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Note: This image was initially produced by MacDonald as a gouache in 1943 (collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery, Accession # 91.36). MacDonald spent a year living in Nootka Sound (on the west coast of Vancouver Island) in 1935, a region which is home to the Nuu-chah-nulth people. When producing this work, MacDonald returned to the images of nearby Yuquot village for inspiration. This was one of the first works produced for the Sampson-Matthews wartime program, and the only example by Jock MacDonald. A full-page illustration appears on p. 62 of “Art for War and Peace” (Sigvaldason & Steedman; 2015).
