Historical context

The Tokio numbered set ran across dozens of portraits. Black Eye's position at #17 places it inside the earlier issues in the run, when color registration and silk weight were at their most consistent.

Curatorial notes

Paired with SILK-003 as a Tokio numbering reference. Together they let the Archive show how a single issuer standardized Indigenous portraiture as inventory.

Interpretive themes

• — Advertising & Race
• — Series & Completion
• — Consumer Ephemera

Related artifacts

• — ARE-EPH-SILK-003