Hunting a Seal
Canadian Inuit
Arctic
early 1950s
Steatite and ivory
Overall: 3 3/4 × 3 7/16 in. (9.5 × 8.8 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Louise Potter
171.46.25265
Geography
Place Made: Baffin Island, Canada, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Sculpture
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Arctic-Central and Eastern
Sculpture
Not on view
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
Purchased by Louise Potter (1895-1994) at the Hudson Bay Company, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, 1956; given to present collection, 1971.
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