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Hunter's Vision
Innukjuakju Pudlat, (Northwest Territories, 1913 - 1972, Cape Dorset, Nunavut)
Pudlat, Innukjuakju
Canada
1913 - 1972
Female
17 x 24 1/2 in. (43.2 x 62.2 cm)
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Printer's ink
Inuit
1965
1965
1965
ED1347
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This print appears to refer to the Sedna myth, which was very important to the Inuit people. Honoring Sedna was critical to the success of the hunt. The figure at the bottom of this print with the human face, arms and legs with the bird next to it is likely to be Sedna.
There are many versions of the Sedna myth. In one tale, she married a man who is a bird in disguise and was very unhappy when he revealed himself. Her father came to save her and they tried to escape in a boat. A terrible storm came up and Sedna was cast overboard. From her accident all sea mammals and the polar bear were born. She also partially transformed into a sea mammal herself and lived at the bottom of the ocean. When great storms came up or animals were scarce, the Inuit believed that Sedna was upset. A shaman would go to her through a trance and calm her by brushing her hair.
[Label text from "Art from the Arctic: Inuit Prints and Sculpture" (11/20/09-2/14/10) by Cynthia Culbert]
1967.56
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Memorial Art Gallery
2/3/2001
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6/2/2009
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Amaulik Common Eider
Kananginak Pootoogook, (1935 - )
Pootoogook, Kananginak
Canada
1935
Male
13 x 20 in. (33 x 50.8 cm)
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Printer's ink
Inuit
1965
1965
1965
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Kananginak is known as “the Audubon of the North” for his precisely rendered images of birds. One of the first Inuit trained as a printmaker (he settled in Cape Dorset in the 1950s for health reasons), Kananginak had studied and hunted birds since he was a boy. He knows birds so well that he does not need photography or even an actual model to draw from, just his imagination. His work differs greatly from most of his contemporaries in its realism.
The Common Eider, a sea-duck that breeds in the Arctic, is the largest duck in the Northern Hemisphere. Its arrival announces the coming of summer.
Along with Iyola Kingwatsiak, whose work is also in the MAG collection, Kananginak was one of the founding members of the West Baffin Eskimo Cooperative. Kananginak became the Cooperative’s first elected president.
[Label text from "Art from the Arctic: Inuit Prints and Sculpture" (11/20/09-2/14/10) by Cynthia Culbert]
1967.12
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Memorial Art Gallery
2/3/2001
67.12DI#1
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6/2/2009
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Birds Conversing
Pauta Saila, (Kilaparutua, 1916 - 2009, Cape Dorset)
Saila, Pauta
Canada
1916 - 2009
Male
18 1/2 x 25 in. (47 x 63.5 cm)
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Printer's ink
Inuit
1967
1967
1967
Print
1969.105
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Memorial Art Gallery
2/3/2001
69.105LDI#1
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6/2/2009
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Hunter Hauling a Seal
Parr, (1893 - 1969)
Parr
Canada
1893 - 1969
Male
20 x 25 in. (50.8 x 63.5 cm)
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Printer's ink
Inuit
1966
1966
1966
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Parr’s style is one of the most instantly recognizable of all the Cape Dorset artists. He spent his life living on the land as a hunter and came to Cape Dorset in his late sixties when his health no longer allowed him to live the nomadic life. He was encouraged to draw at age sixty-eight and though his style was considered very primitive and child-like, his images tell the story of the traditional Inuit ways through the eyes of one who had lived them for most of his life.
[Label text from "Art from the Arctic: Inuit Prints and Sculpture" (11/20/09-2/14/10) by Cynthia Culbert]
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