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Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1160   CAS 0370-1160; Stone cut print
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Stone cut print
Culture South Baffin Inuit
Global Region North America
Country Canada
State/Prov./Dist. Nunavut
County
Other Geographic Data Baffin Island, Cape Dorset
Maker's Name Kiakshuk (Kiaksuk) (1886-1966)
Date of Manufacture January 1960
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Ink on paper
Description Stone cut print entitled "Summer Caribou Hunt" depicting Eskimo man dressed in hooded parka and aiming arrow at pair of caribou fleeing before him; Images are printed in black on brown background; "Summer Caribou Hunt, Stone cut 24/50, Cape Dorset Baffin Island, Jan. 1960, Kiakshuk" is handwritten in pencil below image; Chop marks of artist and of artists' co-op (Canadian Eskimo Art) are printed in red and black ink in upper right corner of brown background.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 60.7, Length = 32.4