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Isaac Tait, GINGOLX WIL WITKWHL GATHL NAKSGNET

Isaac Tait
1965-2000
Nisga'a
Date
1994
Medium Specific
Silkscreen
Edition / State
32/200
Classification
Print
Dimensions
14 x 11 in. (35.6 x 27.9 cm.)
Accession Number
2023.35.20.11
Credit
Gift of Gloria and Selig Kaplan
Biography
Isaac Tait was born August 17, 1965 in Prince Rupert, BC from the Raven and Frog clans. He worked in many different art forms such as jewellery, printmaking, carving, and textiles. Isaac started carving in the early 1980s. In 1986, along with his father, Norman, and his uncle, Robert, Isaac carved a totem pole for the Native Education College in Vancouver, BC. One year later, he helped to carve a pole to be placed in Vancouver's Stanley Park. In 1985, Isaac was chosen to greet the Maori people at the Field Museum in Chicago, IL, and to perform at the exhibition. In 1994, he designed and painted a corporate logo for Toronto's Generation 2000. Tait passed away in 2000.
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Date of Bio
Inscription
33/200, title, signature, 5.94