Eskimo graphic art / [text by James Houston] ; issued under the authority of the Minister of Northern Affairs and National Resources.
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 | - |