Chasing Away an Evil Spirit Who Came When the People were Resting
Helen Kalvak, Inuit / Canadian, 1901 - 1984
Canadian Inuit
Arctic
1972
Colored pen on paper
Image: 18 × 24 in. (45.7 × 61 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Jane and Raphael Bernstein
2011.64.20
Geography
Place Made: Ulukhaktok, Inuvik, Canada, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Drawing
Research Area
Native American
Drawing
Native American: Arctic-Central and Eastern
Not on view
Inscriptions
Embossed, lower right: Holman chop; signed, in pen, lower left: KALVAK
Provenance
Canadian Guild of Crafts, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; sold to Jane and Raphael Bernstein, Ridgewood, New Jersey, September 1, 1973; lent to present collection, 2011; given to present collection, 2013.
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