Visual Arts
Virginia Pésémapéo Bordeleau

In this very ornate detail, the kidnapped woman appears in white, surrounded by a man and a woman dressed in red ochre. At the very top of the picture, crossing the blue of the sky, two white geese continue their migratory flight. In front of the human beings, seven woodland animals seem to await a conclusion that fails to come: we recognise the caribou, bear, lynx, muskrat, fox, beaver and wolverine. This wood engraving is in five colours: red ochre, yellow, brown, blue and black on white paper.

La femme kidnappée par les oiseaux (detail)
Wood engraving, ink on Arches paper, 2006
33.5 x 24.5 cm
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Virginia Pésémapéo Bordeleau First Nations Written Heritage