Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1169 | |
| 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 | Kiakshuk (Kiaksuk) (1886-1966) | |
| Date of Manufacture | 1960 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Ink on paper | |
| Description | Sealskin stencil print on white paper entitled "Three Bear Hunters" depicting 3 hunters (2 armed with spears) confronting a bear; All figures are depicted in highly stylized manner and are printed in blue and black ink against a blank background; "Three Bear Hunters, Sealskin stencil 31/50, Cape Dorset Baffin Island, 1960, Kiakshuk" is handwritten in pencil below image; Artist's chop mark is printed in red ink and chop mark of artists' co-op (Canadian Eskimo Art) is printed in black ink below and to right of image. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 64.8, Length = 49.8 | |