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Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1210   CAS 0370-1210; 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 Pudlo
Date of Manufacture 1963
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Ink on paper
Description Stone cut print on white mulberry or rice paper entitled "Eagle Carrying Man" depicting stylized eagle printed in brown ink carrying man in its talons by man's feet, while man holds rake-like object; Man is printed in black ink; "46/50, 1963" are handwritten in pencil below image, along with title (?) and artist's name (?), the latter both printed in pencil in Inuit characters; Title "Eagle Carrying Man" is handwritten in pencil along upper edge on reverse; Artist's chop mark is printed in red ink and chop mark of artists' co-op (Canadian Eskimo Art) is printed in black ink above and to left of image.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 48.7, Length = 62.6