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Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1222   CAS 0370-1222; 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 Natsivaar
Date of Manufacture 1960
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Ink on paper
Description Stone cut print on white paper entitled "Angels in the Moon" depicting crescent moon face inside scalloped-edged circle at bottom and two Eskimo angels dressed in parkas and mukluks and sporting wings, all printed in black on gray background; "Angels in the Moon, Stone cut, 40/50. Cape Dorset Baffin Island, 1960, Natsivaar" is hand printed in pencil beneath image; Chop marks of artist and of artists' co-op (Canadian Eskimo Art) are printed above in red and black in in upper left corner. This print was selected by Ruth Elkus in 1966 as her annual holiday card, printed by the Grabhorn Press in San Francisco.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 61.0, Length = 66.0