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Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1172   CAS 0370-1172; 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 Eejyvudluk (Eegyvudluk, Eejyudluk) (1920-1993)
Date of Manufacture 1960
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Ink on paper
Description Stone cut print on white paper entitled "Wolf Possessed by Spirits" depicting image of standing wolf, shown in full length, left profile against plain background; Wolf's head and face is that of human and 2 small human faces are shown behind it, as if embodied in the wolf; "Wolf Possessed by Spirits, Stone cut 33/50, Cape Dorset Baffin Is. 1960, Eejyvudluk" is handwritten in pencil below image; Artists' chop mark and chop mark of artists' co-op (Canadian Eskimo Art" art printed in black ink above and to left of image.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 60.4, Length = 31.0