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Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1218   CAS 0370-1218; 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 Mungita
Date of Manufacture 1964
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Ink on paper
Description Stone cut print on white rice paper entitled "Capturing a Powerful Bird" depicting goose-like bird fluttering overhead, while 4 men below try to pull it down by means of rope attached to bird's leg and 5th man shoots arrow toward bird; Bird and 4 men pulling rope are printed in black ink against plain background while archer and his arrow are printed in green ink; "47/50, Capturing a Powerful Bird, Stone cut, Mungita, 1964" is handwritten in pencil beneath image; Chop marks of artist' and of artists' co-op (Canadian Eskimo Art) are printed in black and red ink to left of image.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 62.3, Length = 54.2