Object number:
2010.54.789
Object name:
poster; work on paper
Title:
A Puff of Kief in the Morning Makes a Man as Strong as a Hundred Camels in the Courtyard
Maker:
Rick Griffin
Date made:
1967
Material / Technique:
Offset lithograph on paper
Dimensions:
H: 20 in, W: 14 in
Credit line:
All Of Us Or None Archive. Gift of the Rossman Family.
Copyright status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Physical description:
poster
Content description:
Left side of poster has a drawing of a yellow hookah with a white hose and a wisp of blue smoke coming from the bowl. Behind the hookah there is a marijuana plant. At the base of the hookah there is a large pipe. The right side of the poster has the text: "A Puff of / Keef / in the Morning / Makes a Man / as Strong as... / a / Hundred / Camels in the / Courtyard" in stylized lettering.
Concepts:
hookah; marijuana
The examination and research of objects within OMCA’s collection is ongoing. If you have comments, additional information, or questions about this object record, we welcome your feedback. Please send us a note.

More Works by Rick Griffin

Alton Kelley; Rick Griffin; Stanley MouseHaight Ashbury Legal Organization, HALO(1967)

Rick GriffinA Magic Show: Avalon Ballroom: Big Brother & the Holding Company(1967)

Rick GriffinMotherload (sic)[No date given]

Rick GriffinPow-Wow Gathering of the Tribes for a Human be-in(1967)