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Black and white boat with blue interior; four human figures, one in black and three in green parkas; figure at right holds mooring line. At upper left names of artist and printmaker in Inuit syllabics and Cape Dorset stylized red igloo seal. Pencil inscription below image from side on left: "Launching the umiak stonecut and stencil 26/50 Dorset 1977 Lucy." Canadian Eskimo Arts Council's blind embossed stamp in lower corner on right.
Hooded human upper torso surrounded by three long-eared owls with textured feathers; two seagulls; six green and two brown leaf shapes. Elongated curvilinear cloud-like form. In lower corner on right stamped name of printmaker in Inuit syllabics, Cape Dorset stylized 'red igloo' seal, name of artist in Inuit syllabics. Below image from side on left: "Owls and foliage stonecut 37/50 Dorset 1977 Kenojuak." Canadian Eskimo Arts Council's blind embossed stamp in lower corner on right.
Standing bear or dog with stubby tail and legs; head has flattened snout with slightly zigzagged mouth, diagonal slits for nose. Face slopes down on each side from nose. Incised eyes below triangular ears. Longitudinal channel along belly. Naturally pitted, mottled dentine with scratches and carving marks.
Carved walrus with head raised; tusks project down from jaw; mouth is indicated by downturned line on flat front with inlaid wood (or baleen?) nostrils above; inlaid eyes on either side of rounded head. Double incised ring at neck; flippers on sides and underneath are indicated by incised u-shapes. Mottled dentine between tusks. Longitudinal striations along back and head. Other carving marks all over. Entire figure is mounted on a rectangular black-green stone base.
Female form with oval head, a face flattened with long triangular nose, incised horizontal eyebrows and horizontal mouth, and small round inlaid eyes. Horizontal cylindrical 'top-knot' at back, top of head. Arms by sides are indicated by vertical crease both back and front. Large breasts and stomach and less protruding groin area. Legs taper to feetless ends. Flat between legs. Crease along backbone and indicating buttocks. Carving marks evident in all areas.
Male or generic form with arms at sides, bent back at elbows. Figure's legs are bent to a near sitting position. Narrow slit between legs and wedge-shaped feet. Oval face with protruding chin and nose in higher relief blending into forehead. Ears at back of sides. Carving marks are evident in all areas. Darker in shallows and between legs.
Tapering cylinder with closely spaced incised spiral lines in 8 places along the length, widest line band at ends. Three closely spaced incised concentric rings are x'd 5 times around circumference; a single line equally off-centre to other side, is similarly x'd. Between first 3 line bands, at each end, are rows of x's. Two shallow elliptical holes, at centre, forming a channel for fastening.
Male or generic form with handless arms out from sides in oval shape. Oval face with nose in higher relief and incised hair-like lines on top of head. Legs with flat interior sides, curved in profile. Feet extend out to front. Vertical crease along back.
Human, armless form with oval head flattened in cross-section. Face is worn, remnants of nose and incised mouth and eyes. Legs are rounded and flat on interior edges with crease at back of knees and slight expansion at feet. Crease along backbone.
Male or generic form with oval head, flattened in profile. Incised eyes in depressions, nose in slightly higher relief, incised horizontal slit mouth with vertical lines running from nose through mouth. Handless arms, out from body, submerge into body at hips. Feetless legs, rounded to outside, flattened on interior surfaces. Horizontal carving lines on back.