Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1182 | |
| Category | Visual Arts | |
| Object Name | Collage | |
| Culture | Eskimo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | Canada | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Northwest Territories | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Village: Cambridge Bay | |
| Maker's Name | James Taipanak | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1950s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Watercolor on paper; Paper cutouts; Glue | |
| Description | Untitled collage and painting on paper depicting paper cutout of Eskimo man dressed in red parka and turquoise colored pants carrying rifle and standing on shoreline of water body while pair of paper cutout birds swim offshore; Impressionistic landscape in colors of gray and yellow against green sky with sun and single-lined red rainbow (?) are shown in background; Signature "James Taipanak, 40 yrs., Cambridge Bay" is handwritten in blue ink on reverse of cardboard backing (same handwriting as for Louis Taptuma paintings). | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 35.2, Length = 22.5 | |