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Artist
Juanisialuk Irqumia (1912 – 1977, Canadian)
Date
1962
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
JaU.04.01
Description
A black positive image of a hunter with spear in right hand and a dog on a leash on left hand. The dog is looking down at a seal under the ice. The seal is lying down and looking up. A bird is flying over the back of the dog. A black shape at centre left has Inuit letters on it, from it a line …
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Artist
Juanisialuk Irqumia (1912 – 1977, Canadian)
Title
Smelling Out Seal
Date
1962
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
38.9 x 55.3 cm
Description
A black positive image of a hunter with spear in right hand and a dog on a leash on left hand. The dog is looking down at a seal under the ice. The seal is lying down and looking up. A bird is flying over the back of the dog. A black shape at centre left has Inuit letters on it, from it a line runs across the picture, indicating the ice line. On back is stamped: Povungnituk Cooperative Society Pr. Quebec 1962Image text reads “ᔪᐊᓇᓯᐊᓗ”Bottom text reads “2/30 ᑯᓕᓴᔭᒪ ᓴᓇᓯᒪᔪ ᐊᒍᑎ ᓇᕆᐊᑎᑕᑐ ᓇᓯᕈᒪᓗᓂ ᐊᒃᓗᑯ ᔪᐊᓇᓯᐊᓗ. ᐳᕕᓂᑐ. ᑯᐃᐱ. ᑲᓇᑕ. 1962.”
Subject
activity, hunting
dog
seal
figure, male
Credit
Gift of Doreen Hutchinson, Calgary, 1988
Catalogue Number
JaU.04.01
Images
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