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ProvenanceBoard of Trade of Metropolitan Toronto, Toronto, Ontario; Estate of General John K. Gerhart; Taylor Museum, Colorado Springs, Colorado
BibliographyVincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.419.
Fognell, Eva and Alexander Brier Marr, eds. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection at the Fenimore Art Museum, 2nd ed. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2016, p. 499.
Artist
Isah Qumalu Sivuarapi
(1925 - 1979, Inuit)
Sculpture
Datec. 1963
MediumSoapstone
DimensionsOverall: 16 × 5 1/2 in. (40.6 × 14 cm)
Object numberT0740
Credit LineGift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw
Photograph by Richard Walker
Label TextThe history of contemporary Inuit art began in November 1949 in the Nunavik region of the Canadian Arctic with a sale of Inuit carvings organized by the Canadian Guild of Crafts. For many Inuit, art became a mode of economic and cultural survival in a time of transition and adaptation to a new way of life.ProvenanceBoard of Trade of Metropolitan Toronto, Toronto, Ontario; Estate of General John K. Gerhart; Taylor Museum, Colorado Springs, Colorado
BibliographyVincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.419.
Fognell, Eva and Alexander Brier Marr, eds. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection at the Fenimore Art Museum, 2nd ed. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2016, p. 499.
On View
Not on viewInuit
c. 1795-1820
