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Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1161   CAS 0370-1161; Stencil print
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Stencil 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 Tukakikaloo
Date of Manufacture 1965
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Ink on paper
Description Sealskin stencil print on white paper entitled "Four Geese" showing 4 geese walking in single file in right profile; Upper bodies of geese are blue-black and the underbellies are brown; Their eyes are green and their beaks are yellow; They are shown against plain white background; "Four Geese, Stencil, 19/50, Tukakikaloo, 1965" is handwritten in pencil below image; Chop marks of artist and of artists' co-op (Canadian Eskimo Art) are printed in black and red ink above and to left of image; Embossed chop mark of printer appears to right of handwritten date.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 56.0, Length = 54.8