First Scene from the Legend of Shokkoaluk and his Wife (Shokkoaluk and his wife sitting together)
Levi Qumaluk, Inuit / Canadian, 1919 - 1997
Canadian Inuit
Eastern Arctic
Arctic
about 1960
Soapstone
Overall: 7 7/8 × 7 3/8 × 5 in. (20 × 18.8 × 12.7 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Museum Purchase
160.34.14536
Geography
Place Made: Puvirnituq (Povungnituk), 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
"LEVI" scratched in base
Exhibition History
Polar Exhibition, Baker-Berry Library, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, December 4, 2007-January 31, 2008.
Provenance
Father Andre Pierre Marie Steinmann (1912-2005), Sculptors Society of Povungnetuk, Quebec, Canada; sold to present collection, 1960.
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