Untitled (Spirit Figure)
Karoo Ashevak, Inuit / Canadian, 1940 - 1974
Canadian Inuit
Central Arctic
Arctic
about 1970-1974
Carved whale bone inlaid with walrus ivory, baleen, and stone
Overall: 8 7/8 × 12 3/8 × 7 1/2 in. (22.5 × 31.5 × 19 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Bequest of Evelyn Stefansson Nef
2011.25.1
Geography
Place Made: Taloyoak, Kitikmeot, Canada, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Sculpture
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Arctic-Central and Eastern
Sculpture
Not on view
Course History
ENVS 80, BIOL 148, Polar Science, Policy, and Ethics, Ross Virginia, Spring 2012
ENVS 80, BIOL 148, Polar Science, Policy, and Ethics, Ross Virginia, Spring 2013
REL 1, Patterns of Religious Experience, Elizabeth Perez, Fall 2013
ENVS 15, Environmental Issues: Earth's Cold Region, Spring 2019
Arctic Health Conference Viewing, Winter 2020
NAS 30.21, Native American Art and Material, Jami Powell, Spring 2020
HIST 63.02, Material Culture of Science, Whitney Barlow Robles, Spring 2021
ANTH 74, The Human Spectrum, Nate Dominy, Spring 2022
HIST 63.02, Material Culture of Science, Whitney Robles, Spring 2022
History 63.02, Reading Artifacts: The Material Culture of Science, Whitney Barlow Robles, Spring 2023
Anthropology 74.01, The Human Spectrum, Nathaniel Dominy, Spring 2025
Exhibition History
Native American Art at Dartmouth: Highlights from the Hood Museum of Art, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 8, 2011-March 12, 2012.
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
Evelyn Stefansson Nef (1913-2009); bequeathed to present collection, 2009; catalogued 2011.
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