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Small Owl
Sheojuke Toonoo, (1928 - )
Toonoo, Sheojuke
Canada
1928
Female
artist
Kingwatsiak, Iyola
Canada
1933 - 2000
Male
printer
19 5/16 x 24 7/8 in. (49.1 x 63.2 cm)
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Printer's ink
Printer's ink
Inuit
1965
1965
1965
Print
Many migratory birds visit the Arctic but a few like the raven and ptarmigan are year round residents. The snowy owl migrates as necessary when food is scarce. Birds, especially owls and ravens, are very popular in Inuit mythology and for shamans on their journeys to the spirit world.
[Label text from "Art from the Arctic: Inuit Prints and Sculpture" (11/20/09-2/14/10) by Cynthia Culbert]
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2005.70
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Memorial Art Gallery
5/13/2005
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2005.70DI#1
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3/14/2007
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Circle of Birds
Iyola Kingwatsiak, (Cape Dorset, Nunavut, Canada, 1933 - 2000)
Kingwatsiak, Iyola
Canada
1933 - 2000
Male
19 3/4 x 25 in. (50.2 x 63.5 cm)
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Printer's ink
Printer's ink
Inuit
1966
1966
1966
Print
Along with stonecut prints, James Houston also recognized the possibilities for stencil prints. While visiting a snow house at a far camp Houston admired the wife’s work of skin appliqué, a process where silhouette forms were cut out of a contrasting hide and sewn onto clothing for decoration. This particular woman had also cut out figures from hide scraps to illustrate a story for her children. Houston noticed that the remnants left after cutting were very stiff and would be good for stenciling. So in this way the art form grew out of a practice already very familiar to the Inuit – they just took it a step further. Stenciling also allowed for color gradations not possible in the stonecut printing process. In order to save precious seal skins for other uses, they developed a wax-impregnated paper for stencil cutting.
[Label text from "Art from the Arctic: Inuit Prints and Sculpture" (11/20/09-2/14/10) by Cynthia Culbert]
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2005.72
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Memorial Art Gallery
5/13/2005
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2005.72DI#1
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Fish in a Pool
Kingwatsiak Pootoogook, (1936 - 1989)
Pootoogook, Kingwatsiak
Canada
1936 - 1989
Female
Primary
Kingwatsiak, Iyola
Canada
1933 - 2000
Male
printer
24 3/8 x 33 7/8 in. (61.9 x 86 cm)
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Printer's ink
Printer's ink
Inuit
1965
1965
1965
Print
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2005.69
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Memorial Art Gallery
5/13/2005
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2005.69DI#2
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5/15/2007
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