Boy Attempting to Harness a Husky Dog
Lucassie Echalook, Inuit / Canadian, born 1942
Canadian Inuit
Eastern Arctic
Arctic
1982
Gray steatite
Overall: 4 1/2 × 2 9/16 × 4 15/16 in. (11.5 × 6.5 × 12.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Jane and Raphael Bernstein
2011.64.7
Geography
Place Made: Inukjuak (Port Harrison), Nunavik, Canada, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Sculpture
Research Area
Native American
Sculpture
Native American: Arctic-Central and Eastern
Not on view
Inscriptions
Incised, on bottom: c [encircled] 82 / artist's name [Inuktitut syllabics] J G / 24142; Canada Eskimo Art sticker [Certificate of Authenticity]; white sticker [Bernstein number: ES.x.1
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
Exhibition History
Inuit Art
Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit, Legacy for Learning: The Jane and Raphael Bernstein Collection, Class of 1967 Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire, September 4, 2021–February 6, 2022.
Tradition and Transformation: Twentieth Century Inuit Art from the Collection of the Hood Museum of Art, Gene Y. Kin Class of 1985 Gallery, Teaching Exhibition, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 22, 2014-December 6, 2015.
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.
Provenance
The Guild Shop, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; sold to Jane and Raphael Bernstein, Ridgewood, New Jersey, November 1, 1982; lent to present collection, 2011; given to present collection, 2013.
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