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Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1226   CAS 0370-1226; 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 Kenojuak Ashevak (Kenoyuak) (1927-2013)
Date of Manufacture 1960
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Ink on paper
Description Stone cut print on white paper entitled "Geese Frightened by a Fox", showing 7 geese (3 flying overhead and 4 taking flight) and a fox, all printed in black on a mauve background; "Geese Frightened by a Fox, Stone cut 22/50, Cape Dorset Baffin Is. 1960, Kenojuak" 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 corner of background.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 60.9, Length = 54.4