Untitled (Spirit Figure)
Karoo Ashevak, Canadian / Inuit, 1940 - 1974, Canadian Inuit, Taloyoak, Talurjuaq (Spence Bay), Boothia Peninsula, Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut, Canada, Central Arctic, Arctic
about 1970-1974
Carved whale bone inlaid with walrus ivory, baleen, and stone
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College: Bequest of Evelyn Stefansson Nef
2011.25.1
Geography/Culture
North America, Canada
Period
20th century
Object Name
Sculpture
Classification
Native American
Native American: Arctic-Central and Eastern
Sculpture
Not on view
Course History
ENVS 15, Environmental Issues: Earth‘s Cold Region, Spring 2019
REL 1, Patterns of Religious Experience, Elizabeth Perez, Fall 2013
ENVS 80, BIOL 148, Polar Science, Policy, and Ethics, Ross Virginia, Spring 2013
ENVS 80, BIOL 148, Polar Science, Policy, and Ethics, Ross Virginia, Spring 2012
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.
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.
Provenance
Evelyn Stefansson Nef (1913-2009); bequeathed to present collection, 2009; catalogued 2011.
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