Quarrel for a Seal
Patrick Akovak, Inuit / Canadian, 1931 - 2006
Canadian Inuit
Central Arctic
Arctic
1967
Stonecut print on paper
2/40
Image: 15 × 20 in. (38.1 × 50.8 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Jane and Raphael Bernstein
2011.64.1
Publisher
Holman Eskimo Cooperative, Ulukhaktok
Geography
Place Made: Ulukhaktok, Inuvik, Canada, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Arctic-Central and Eastern
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, in graphite, lower left to right: #8 Eskimo Western Arctic 1967 Quarrel for a Seal by Akovak 9/40; stamped, lower left, in red: Holman chop [ulu with the word HOLMAN]
Course History
ENVS 80, BIOL 148, Polar Science, Policy, and Ethics, Ross Virginia, Spring 2012
ENVS 80, BIOL 148, Polar Science, Policy, and Ethics, Ross Virginia, Spring 2013
NAS 30.21, Native American Art and Material, Jami Powell, Spring 2020
Publication History
John R. Stomberg, A Legacy for Learning: The Jane and Raphael Bernstein collection; Hanover, New Hampshire, Dartmouth College, Hood Museum of Art, 2021, listed p. 99.
Published References
Holman Eskimo Graphic Art, Holman: Holman Eskimo Cooperative, 1967, catalogue no. 4.
Provenance
Collected by Jane and Raphael Bernstein, Ridgewood, New Jersey, January 1, 1970; lent to present collection, 2011; given to present collection, 2013.
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