The Whaler's Reel

Item number 1749/10 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.

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Print depicting an Inuit man and woman dancing with happy facial expressions. The figures are dressed in traditional costume with traditional hairstyles. The print is a lithograph in black and greys printed on cream coloured paper. Cape Dorset stylized red igloo seal at the lower left-hand corner with the blind embossed Cape Dorset Cooperative stamp in the lower right-hand corner. Below the image is written, "The Whaler's Reel Lithograph 21/50 Dorset 1992 Pitaloosie" with the artist's name written in Inuit syllabics.