Rearing Musk Ox
Seepee Ipellie, Inuit / Canadian, 1940 - 2000
Canadian Inuit
Eastern Arctic
Arctic
1980
Green serpentine and bone
Overall: 9 1/16 × 3 1/8 × 5 7/8 in. (23 × 8 × 15 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Jane and Raphael Bernstein
2011.64.11
Geography
Place Made: Iqaluit (Frobisher Bay), 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
Inscriptions
Incised, on bottom:artist's name [Inuktitut syllabics] c [encircled] / 1980 / sticker: Canadian Eskimo Art [Certificate of Authenticity]; white sticker [Bernstein no. ES.x.9]
Course History
NAS 30.21, Native American Art and Material, Jami Powell, Spring 2020
Exhibition History
Inuit Art
Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit, Legacy for Learning: The Jane and Raphael Bernstein Collection, Class of 1967 Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire, September 4, 2021–February 6, 2022.
Publication History
John R. Stomberg, A Legacy for Learning: The Jane and Raphael Bernstein collection; Hanover, New Hampshire, Dartmouth College, Hood Museum of Art, 2021, Plate 26, p.51, listed p.99.
Provenance
Collected by Jane and Raphael Bernstein, Ridgewood, New Jersey; lent to present collection, 2011; given to present collection, 2013.
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