Eskimo graphic art
Discusses the stonecut prints and the sealskin stencils of the Inuit artists of Cape Dorset (Kingnait).
Record details
- Physical Description: 16 unnumbered pages : illustrations (some color), 2 portraits ; 30 cm
- Publisher: Ottawa, Canada : Available from the Queen's Printer, [196-]
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- Reprinted from Canadian art magazine.Originally published in Canadian art, v. 17, no. 1, Jan. 1960.Pagination includes covers."Cat. no. R2-2360"--Colophon.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Artists: Iyola -- Kananginak -- Kinoajvak -- Luktak -- Mungituk -- Niviaksiak -- Oshaweetuk -- Pootagok -- Tudlik.Illustration on title page and 22 numbered illustrations in text: Joyfully I see ten cariboo / by Pootagok -- Snowy owls and egg / by Iyola -- Arctic gulls / by Niviaksiak -- Tudlik at work on a stonecut -- Tools used by the artists in making prints -- Dream of birds / by Kananginak -- Blue geese on snow / by Mungituk -- Snow birds / by Iyola -- December Ptarmigan / by Mungituk -- Arctic gulls -- Birds / by Mungituk -- Three Narwhals / by Kananginak -- Canada goose / by Luktak -- Man hunting at a seal hole in the ice / by Niviaksiak -- Rabbit eating seaweed / by Kinoajvak, a rare instance of a woman Eskimo artist -- Four muskoxen / by Oshaweetuk -- Mother and child / by Luktak -- Photograph of the stone for the print shown below. It has been carved with a knife, smoothed with a file and is ready for printing -- Owl / by Luktak -- Bird dream forewarning blizzards / by Tudlik -- Polar bear and cub in ice / by Niviaksiak -- Canada geese / Mungituk -- The signatures of some Eskimo artists : Luktak, Shekoaloak, Pootagok, Tudlik, Oshaweetuk, Iyola, Niviaksiak, Kananginak, Mungituk, Kunu.
- Additional Physical Form available Note:
- Also issued online.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Lummi Library | NE 543.3 .I55 H68 1960 | 252290 | Stacks | Available | - |