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Untitled [Harpooning Whale]

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Artist
Syollie Amituk (1936 – 1986, Canadian)
Date
1972 – 1972
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
ArS.04.03
Description
Two irregular shapes; top shape is brown with white lines depicting a kayak, tent poles and Inuit writing; lower shape is black with white lines depicting a hunter in a kayak about to spear a whale; white lines undulate across the image depicting wavesBottom text reads “18/35 ᑯᓕᓴᔭᒧ ᓴᓇᓯᒪᔪ ᑭᓚᓗᒐᒥ ᑲᐱᓂᔪ…
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Artist
Syollie Amituk (1936 – 1986, Canadian)
Title
Untitled [Harpooning Whale]
Date
1972 – 1972
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
43.7 x 40.7 cm
Description
Two irregular shapes; top shape is brown with white lines depicting a kayak, tent poles and Inuit writing; lower shape is black with white lines depicting a hunter in a kayak about to spear a whale; white lines undulate across the image depicting wavesBottom text reads “18/35 ᑯᓕᓴᔭᒧ ᓴᓇᓯᒪᔪ ᑭᓚᓗᒐᒥ ᑲᐱᓂᔪ ᓴᔪᐃᓕ ᐊᐅᐳ ᐳᕕᓂᑐ ᑯᐃᐱ ᑲᓇᑕ 1972”
Subject
Action
kayaking
Figure
Inuit
Male
Credit
Gift of Alison Rossiter, Navesink, USA, 1989
Catalogue Number
ArS.04.03
Images
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