Man in Parka Holding a Spear
Akeeaktashuk, Inuit / Canadian, 1898 - 1954
Canadian Inuit
Eastern Arctic
Arctic
about 1952
Serpentine, darkened with shoe polish, with plastic inlay
Overall: 8 3/4 × 5 1/8 × 2 15/16 in. (22.3 × 13 × 7.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Bequest of Evelyn Stefansson Nef
2014.17.11
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
Course History
ENVS 15, Environmental Issues: Earth's Cold Region, Spring 2019
Arctic Health Conference Viewing, Winter 2020
Exhibition History
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.
Provenance
Evelyn Stefansson Nef (1913-2009); bequeathed to present collection, 2009; catalogued 2014.
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