Bird with Spread Wings
Seepee Ipellie, Inuit / Canadian, 1940 - 2000
Canadian Inuit
Eastern Arctic
Arctic
1983
Gray serpentine polished with bootblack and inlaid ivory
Overall: 10 5/8 × 13 × 3 9/16 in. (27 × 33 × 9 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Jane and Raphael Bernstein
2011.64.15
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
Signed, incised below left wing:artist's name [Inuktitut syllabics] and copyright symbol; dated, incised below right wing: 83; sticker: ES842
Course History
Arctic Health Conference Viewing, Winter 2020
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.
Provenance
The Guild Shop, Toronto, Canada; sold to Jane and Raphael Bernstein, Ridgewood, New Jersey, June 9, 1984; lent to present collection, 2011; given to present collection, 2013.
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