Notes

Accompanied by Fook Nooks booklet, ostensibly limited to 100 copies, two letters written in Fookian script with pen and ink sketches by Walter Battiss, a lithographically printed card depicting the Gathering of the Tribes, New Mexico, a black and white image, Fook Camp, Gila River, New Mexico, 1977 with a letter from Walter Battiss on the reverse (one of the people in the photograph was the recipient of the Wedding Certifookit and in the letter on the reverse Battiss writes about his intentions to attend the wedding) and a colour slide and print of Walter Battiss taken at the Fook Camp.

Provenance

The current owner of the Zizi-oosi Certifookit met Walter Battiss in July 1977 at the Rainbow Gathering held in Gila River, New Mexico. After the gathering they became friends corresponding through mail and reminiscing about their experiences at the gathering that summer. Battiss later attended the owner’s wedding, bringing with him the wedding certificate or Zizi-oosi Certifookit in Fookian language.