Inuk Boy
Qaqaq Ashoona, Inuit / Canadian, 1928 - 1996
Canadian Inuit
Eastern Arctic
Arctic
about 1983
Green serpentine
Overall: 16 9/16 × 7 1/16 × 4 1/2 in. (42 × 18 × 11.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Jane and Raphael Bernstein
2011.64.5
Geography
Place Made: Kinngait, Dorset Island, Baffin Island, Canada, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Sculpture
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Arctic-Central and Eastern
Sculpture
Not on view
Inscriptions
Incised, on bottom of right foot: artist's name [Inuktitut syllabics]
Publication History
John R. Stomberg, A Legacy for Learning: The Jane and Raphael Bernstein collection; Hanover, New Hampshire, Dartmouth College, Hood Museum of Art, 2021, fig. 4.2, p.45, listed p.99.
Provenance
The Guild Shop, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; sold to Jane and Raphael Bernstein, Ridgewood, New Jersey, September 13, 1983; lent to present collection, 2011; given to present collection, 2013.
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