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Descendant, from the portfolio “Taxa”

Date
2006
Material
Inkjet print
Classification
Prints
Current Location
Not on view
Dimensions
image (each): 34 1/16 x 25 1/2 in. (86.5 x 64.8 cm)
sheet (each): 35 in. x 26 1/2 in. (88.9 x 67.3 cm)
Credit Line
The Sidney S. and Sadie Cohen Print Purchase Fund
Rights
© Isabella Kirkland
Object Number
158:2011.1
NOTES
Native to North American countries and territories, the 61 plants and animals in Descendant are all declining in number. Many of them, like the hawksbill sea turtle, are classified as critically endangered; a few species are even presumed to be extinct. The Oahu tree snail, for instance, is one of more than 700 different species of land snails once found throughout the Hawaiian Islands. Today more than 52 of these native snail species are considered extinct, having largely succumbed to pest control practices.

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