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Item: 24
Artist: Phil Gray
Title: Mosquito
Date: 2005
Size: 26" diameter x 3" D
Medium: glass, cedar, acrylic paint, stainless steel
Description: In Tsimshian mythology, when a cannibalistic monster was finally destroyed through burning, his ashes became tiny mosquitoes that scattered throughout the world.

Biography: Phil Gray began carving with Gerry Sheena and has since worked with many other renowned artists and studied under Robert Davidson. The majority of his works are in the traditional Tsimshian style of his ancestors.

Donors: Douglas Reynolds Gallery and Glenn Anderson

Estimated value: $2, 450