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Note Under Office Door

I arrived at work today to find the this note slipped under my door in a manilla envelope. I am a little uneasy about it. It had no return address and I will not be able to go to MICA to check this out for a while. If you are there at MICA and could check this out for me, I would appreciate it. Please let me know what you find in the comment section below.

Strange Package

A strange package arrived on my desk today. I had no time to open it. I took it with me to my speaking engagement at the Maryland Institute College of Art. While there is I stopped by the Art Education office to see my old friend Karen Carroll, Dean of the Center for Art Education. We talked for so long that I left the package sitting on the floor in her office. I called and talked to the Administrative assistant Katie and she said she would leave it in the resource room. I am not scheduled to be back in Maryland for sometime, so I guess it will have to wait. However, if you find it would you please open it and post its contents in the comment section?

Why Are You Staring At Me?

While looking through the vault I came across this Scythian gold plaque from Siberia. I could not help but notice the similarities to the work of Bill Reid. At all of the joints there are eyes. It is similar to the technique utilized by Reid on this piece. The piece is titled Haida-Dogfish. I had to wonder what the connection between the two images was. I decided to dig a little deeper and I came across a blogpost about museums of the Northwest Coast: http://curatorandcollector.com/?p=1268. These are called joint marks. I thought back to my anthropological training and remembered that the anthropologist Carl Schuster had documented such marks in his study of cultures all over the world. I took this information back to my office to mull over. As soon as I entered my office, the phone rang.

"Hello, office of Dr. Frank Howard. How can I be of assistance?"

A faint voice on the other end of the line stated, "You are on the right track. One word recursion" *CLICK*

I stood in front of my desk a little creeped out but sat down and began to search through the data.

Strange First Day

I was having my morning coffee when the phone rang. When I picked it up there was nothing but static. I hung up the phone and began to sip my coffee when the phone rang again. I picked up the phone and it was nothing but static again. Not 30 seconds after I hung up the phone again...the phone rang again. I picked up the phone and proceed to scold the person on the other end.

"Look if you are just going to keep calling and not saying anything then I am just going to have to unplug the phone. I can't even drink my coffee and read my paper. It is only 7 a.m. It is much too early for all this nonsense."

A gruff voice on the other end of the line said "Wow, kid! You've got spunk. I like spunk. Keeps me on my toes."

I immediately knew that the caller was my supervisor Dr. Mercer. "Sorry Sir," I said, "I kept getting these prank calls this morning and I was unable to bear it any longer"

"I need you to go down to the vault," said the voice on the other end of the phone, "Want you to look up some of the documentation on the Tilingit art. We have artwork from the artist Bill Reid that is being added to the collection. This artwork would be well served by some contextual understanding on our part"

"I will do that right away sir!"

After talking to Mr. Mercer, I proceeded to the vault and began to explore the files and artifacts pertaining to Tilingit art. The following link is information that I found in our electronic database:

http://vilda.alaska.edu/cdm4/results.php?CISOOP1=exact&CISOFIELD1=CISOSEARCHALL&CISOROOT=all&CISOBOX1=Tlingit+sculpture

It would be a great help to me if you would choose one of the images a provide a synopsis. Describe what you see, analyze the visual components, and tell me what you think it means. You can place this synopsis in the comment section below.