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Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1223   CAS 0370-1223; 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 Pootagook
Date of Manufacture 1965
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Ink on paper
Description Stone cut print on white paper entitled "Fish in a Pool" depicting school of fish swimming in every direction; Fish at top of school are orange colored while those at bottom are more brown; "Fish in a Pool, Stone cut, 15/50, Dorset, 1965, Pootagook" is handwritten in pencil below image; Chop marks of artist and of artists' co-op (Canadian Eskimo Art) are printed in red and black ink in lower right border.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 86.0, Length = 62.2