Masked Drummer Item Number: 1462/3 from the MOA: University of British Columbia

Description

Seated drummer wearing boots, short pants, and a mask with two slits for the eyes, as well as several holes in lines that run horizontally out from the nose, and radiate out from the mouth. He is holding a drum in his left hand and a drumstick in his right hand. Below the image is written, "Masked Drummer Stonecut & Stencil 3/50 Dorset 1989 Kananginak." The name of the artist(?) is written above the printed name of the printmaker(?) along with the Cape Dorset stylized red igloo at the bottom right-hand side of the image. The Canadian Eskimo Arts Council blind embossed stamp is in the bottom right-hand corner.