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Root Diggers

Accession #:	3832.1
Title:	Root Diggers
Object Type:	Painting
Participants:	Gendron, Ric
Physical Description:	Acrylic painting on paper of two standing figures, a man and a woman; in front of each is a "T" shaped handle of a digging stick. A horizon line divides the canvas into purple and red fields behind the figures. The artist's signature is in the top right corner in silver.
Description:	Ric Gendron (Arrow Lake Colville) was born on the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation in northeastern Washington and grew up in Coulee Dam and Spokane.
Category:	Art
Subjects/Topics/Concepts:	Figurative (Artwork->Subject), Painting (Artwork), Food Service (Tools & Equipment)
Dimensions:	Support Dimensions H x W 38 1/2 x 21 1/2" Frame Dimensions H x W x D 45 1/2 x 32 3/4"
Materials/Techniques:	acrylic paint (Material) paper (fiber product) (Material)
Related Exhibits:	From Earth and Sky: Indian Art of the Americas Orientation Gallery MAC Collects: Art for the New Millenium Tradition and Change: A Survey of Contemporary American Indian Art Lasting Heritage Artist's Palette
Credit Line:	Museum Purchase

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