An Inuk Women Processing Sealskin

Abraham POV, Inuit / Canadian, 1927 - 1994
Canadian Inuit
Arctic
Eastern Arctic

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1982

Steatite stone

Overall: 13 3/4 × 5 7/8 × 6 11/16 in. (35 × 15 × 17 cm)

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

2011.64.35

Geography

Place Made: Inukjuak (Port Harrison), Nunavik, Canada, North America

Period

20th century

Object Name

Sculpture

Research Area

Native American

Sculpture

Native American: Arctic-Central and Eastern

Not on view

Inscriptions

Incised, on bottom: CAF / c [encircled] 82 artist's name [Inuktitut syllabics] / A525518 / partial sticker: Canadian Eskimo Art [Certificate of Authenticity]

Course History

NAS 30.21, Native American Art and Material, Jami Powell, Spring 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, Ontario, 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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