Chasing Away an Evil Spirit Who Came When the People were Resting

Helen Kalvak, Inuit / Canadian, 1901 - 1984
Canadian Inuit
Arctic

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1972

Colored pen on paper

Image: 18 × 24 in. (45.7 × 61 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Jane and Raphael Bernstein

2011.64.20

Geography

Place Made: Ulukhaktok, Inuvik, Canada, North America

Period

20th century

Object Name

Drawing

Research Area

Native American

Drawing

Native American: Arctic-Central and Eastern

Not on view

Inscriptions

Embossed, lower right: Holman chop; signed, in pen, lower left: KALVAK

Provenance

Canadian Guild of Crafts, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; sold to Jane and Raphael Bernstein, Ridgewood, New Jersey, September 1, 1973; lent to present collection, 2011; given to present collection, 2013.

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