Inuk Fishing
Canadian Inuit
Arctic
collected 1956
Steatite, ivory face, and wood peg
Overall: 4 15/16 × 3 9/16 in. (12.5 × 9 cm)
Overall: 3 3/8 in. (8.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Louise Potter
171.46.25266
Geography
Place Made: Kinngait, Dorset Island, 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
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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