People and Grailings

Item number Na1496 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.

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Description

Five human heads are depicted including one central ornage figure who is depicted in full with the head in profile, the arms outstretched, and wearing a grey robe. Two blue and black frontal human heads are surrouned by orange semi-ovals at either top side of the central figure. Two blue and white human heads shown in profile on lower portion of print have a blue and purple animal ? or a red fish coming out of their mouths. Colours in between include blue, orange, yellow, purple, and brown. In the lower right corner, there is a small yellow image of a right pointing arrow emerging from a bulge pointing to pencilled syllabic. Pencil inscription across the bottom edge reads 'People and Grailings 27/50 1974' and has a signature. In the lower right corner, there is a circular embossing. The print is on a vertically rectangular, light white-yellow, hand-made paper piece.

Narrative

Balshine family collection.

Item History

Made by Marion Tuu'luq (Maker) in Baker Lake, Nunavut, Canada and Qamanittuaq, Nunavut, Canada during 1974
Collected between 1960 and 1981
Owned by Lorne Balshine before January 25, 1988
Received from Lorne Balshine (Seller), Finning Ltd. (Funding source) and University Purchase (Funding source) on January 25, 1988