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Drawing on horizontal rectangular sheet of white paper of a human in the process of transformation. The head is hidden in the body and is of a bear like creature. In the human's body are two human faces facing each other. The human's fingers are elongated and claw like. Behind the human is a large grey wolf/bear creature with human hands. At the upper left corner of the image is a figure with a purple body and green face who appears to be watching the scene. Immediately below this figure is a human holding a bear in his hands. This bear is playing a tugging game with another bear. To the upper right are two humans and another bear. Below and to the left is a dog with its paws on the wolf/bear figure. Sanavik embossed stamp in lower left corner, with ink stamp on reverse. Pencil inscription on reverse with name, date.
Drawing on horizontal rectangular sheet of white paper of a large spread-winged screaming bird. Above the wings on either side peep two purple wolf heads. On the wings are two human/bird faces with green beaks. Under the wings are two human faces. In the body of the bird are two human faces facing each other. Coming out from the body of the bird are two yellow fish tails. Below are two orange fish tails with human faces. Below are two green fish tails.
Drawing on horizontally rectangular sheet of black paper. In the upper right is a man wearing a parka with green trim who is caught between two bears both of which are standing on their hind legs. Below the bear to the right is a man in a parka with red trim. He is riding a musk-ox and attacking the bear to the left with a spear. Below the musk-ox is a fish swimming towards a man - the only parts of the man visible are his hands and his head above the water. He faces left. To his left is a man in the water spearing fish with a kakivak. The man is wearing a parka with green trim and only his torso is visible. Two fish are to the left of his kakivak. To their left is a woman wearing an amautiq with blue trim - only her torso is visible. Above the woman is a yellow bear attacking a man in a parka with pink trim. The man holds a knife in his right hand. Immediately above the man is a woman with her back to the viewer, wearing an amautiq with blue trim. She is tending a pot on rocks over a fire. Above her is a man in a parka, with pink trim, shooting a bow and arrow at the bears. Above him is a dog on a chain. To the left is a canvas tent. Inuit syllabics are handwritten along the upper right edge.
Drawing on horizontally rectangular sheet of black paper. Imagery represents the Legend of Two-Headed Dog. Image can be divided into four areas: a right-hand column, an upper row, a central scene and a scene in the lower left corner. The right side column consists of five snow houses. All have entrances facing left. In the bottom house all the people have red heads. There are six people asleep on the sleeping platform, two in one bag, one in his own bag, and three in another bag. Above this house is a sled. In the house above all the people have mauve heads. There are four of them sleeping on the sleeping platform - one in a green bag, two in a green bag and one in a purple bag. Above this house is a sled. In the next house, three of the people have yellow heads and one has a mauve head. The one with the mauve head is in a brown bag, one of the others has his/her own bag. The other two share a bag. A sled rests at an angle above this house. In the next house, all the people have red heads. Two share one bag and two share another bag. A sled is sitting on the ground above this house. The next house is the uppermost house and forms the beginning of the upper row of images. A man is kneeling beside this house preparing his sled. The same man is shown crawling out of the house. To the left we see four versions of the man as he moves with his bow and arrows. The central scene shows a man wearing a parka sitting on a two-headed dog. He is controlling each dog with a harness around its neck. A man is kneeling to the left aiming his bow and arrow at the two-headed creature. In the scene at the bottom left there is a small circular body of water into which the man and the dog are diving. Inuit syllabics are handwritten along the upper right edge.
Drawing on horizontal rectangular sheet of white paper of a large bird attacking humans and being attacked by them. Bird is coloured to look similar to a snowy owl. To the left of the bird is a man in a parka holding a knife and aiming at the bird's eye. Below is a man falling over as the bird attacks him. To the left is a green bird with red spots. Below is a woman in an amautiq looking up in fear. Immediately below her is the torso of a man holding a knife. Below the bird is a man held in the bird's claws with his mouth open. To the right of the bird is a man holding a knife aiming at the bird. Below is another man with one knee on the ground aiming a knife at the bird. Sanavik embossed stamp in lower left corner, with ink stamp on reverse. Pencil inscription on reverse with name, date.
Drawing on horizontal rectangular sheet of white paper of a large bird in the process of consuming a person. Inside the bird's stomach we can see a dead man, a dead woman, three dead human heads, three dead dogs(?) and a fish. On top of the bird from left to right are a human head, a bird, and three human heads. To the right of the bird is a humanlike figure with claw hands and sharpened teeth. Below the bird, from left to right, are a human head, a wolf/dog head, a bird head, and another wolf/dog head.
Drawing on horizontal rectangular sheet of ivory paper of two people, a winged creature, and a human/bird figure. The image is arranged in two rows. The upper, larger row is of a woman in a yellow amautiq running from a purple winged creature with an extra head on each wing. To the right, a man is attacking the creature. He holds a spear in his left hand and a knife in his right hand. The lower row consists of a human/bird figure and a bird-like creature. The human/bird figure is to the left and has a round head, bird claws for hands and human feet. It is wearing an orange and blue striped parka with a blue bird head on it and purple trousers. To the right is a long bird creature drawn in orange with a blue wing and large blue teeth. Pencil on reverse includes artist and date.
Drawing on horizontal rectangular sheet of ivory paper of snow worms attacking birds. In the upper centre is a round blue circle representing a lake. On either side are two huge wormlike creatures with beaked bird heads. Each is devouring a bird. Immediately below are four birds flying away, two brown and two yellow. To the right is a human figure, observing what is going on, wearing a parka with red trim and pants with blue trim.
Drawing on horizontally rectangular sheet of ivory paper. Image shows a large human figure standing in water and scooping up fish in his hands. He is wearing yellow boots with green trim, dark brown trousers, and a brown parka with red trim. His eye is green, he has black hair, and a grey beard. Three fish are caught between his two hands. One fish is to the left of his hands and another to the right. "Inujusu ikalugasiutugua tava inupasujugua tava tana sananimi ajulilugalu tava asualu" is written in syllabics at upper right.
Grey pencil drawing on horizontal rectangular sheet of off-white paper of people ice fishing. To the left a child is playing, in the centre is a woman ice fishing with a wind break of snow blocks in a semicircle around her. She is in the act of pulling a fish through the hole. There are four additional fish arrayed in front of her. To the upper right is a man fishing in a windbreak - his back is to the viewer. In the lower right a man is fishing without a windbreak. In front of him are two fish. Pencil inscription on reverse includes artist name and date.