Inuk Creeping on his Belly to Surprise a Seal Basking on the Ice
Canadian Inuit
Eastern Arctic
Arctic
about 1955
Steatite
Overall: 2 × 3 1/16 × 4 7/8 in. (5.1 × 7.7 × 12.4 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Willy E. Gorrissen
179.17.25856
Geography
Place Made: Canada, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Sculpture
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Arctic-Central and Eastern
Sculpture
Not on view
Provenance
Collected by Willy E. Gorrissen (1912-2000), West Lebanon, New Hampshire, in St. Andrews, Manitoba, Canada, 1955; given to present collection, 1979.
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