Second Scene from the Legend of Shokkoaluk and his Wife (Shokkoaluk is standing pushing his wife below the ice)
Levi Qumaluk, Inuit / Canadian, 1919 - 1997, Canadian Inuit, Eastern Arctic, Arctic
1960
Soapstone
Overall: 13 × 6 11/16 × 4 3/4 in. (33 × 17 × 12 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College: Museum Purchase
160.34.14537
Geography/Culture
North America, Canada
Period
20th century
Object Name
Sculpture
Classification
Native American
Sculpture
Native American: Arctic-Central and Eastern
Not on view
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.
Old Number
Sculptors Society of Povungnetuk no. 1288; 1837; 1309
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