Seated Man, Counting the Toes on his Right Foot (a custom to guess if a hunter will get a seal)
Lukasi Anangi Amamartua (Lucassie Amm), Inuit / Canadian, born 1935
Canadian Inuit
Eastern Arctic
Arctic
1960
Soapstone
Overall: 5 7/8 × 4 3/4 × 3 1/8 in. (15 × 12 × 8 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Museum Purchase
160.34.14538
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
Marked: Lucassie Amm
Course History
NAS 30.21, Native American Art and Material, Jami Powell, Spring 2020
Exhibition History
Montshire Museum of Science Exhibition, Lyme Road, Hanover, New Hampshire, February 13-February 18, 1987.
Provenance
Father Andre Pierre Marie Steinmann (1912-2005), Sculptors Society of Povungnetuk, Quebec, Canada; sold to present collection, 1960.
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