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Favorable Husband3495/1

Serigraph print of a husband and wife. The woman is seated on a raised platform inside a dark blue structure. She is wearing a blue and white striped dress with a red border along the bottom edge. Her child is on her back, held in place with a red and blue cloth. One of her arms is held out, offering a black bucket to her husband. The man is standing in the entryway of the structure. He is wearing a blue and white striped shirt, red pants and red boots. His left hand is reaching for the bucket, his right is holding a ladle(?). In the background, above the couple, is a small figure wearing a black shirt and red pants. He is bent over, balanced on one foot, and reaching towards the woman. In the bottom right corner of the print the title, signature, edition number and date made are written in pencil. Signatures, in syllabics, with Baker Lake symbol stamped next to pencil inscription. Canadian Eskimo Arts Council blind-embossed stamp in bottom right corner. (Print is taped to board backing.)

Culture
Inuit
Made in
Baker Lake, Nunavut, Canada and Qamanittuaq, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Drawing3497/6

Pencil drawing of six large animals and three small ones in horizontal rows, all facing left. Top three rows are of individual large animals, bottom three are of a smaller animal in front of a larger. From top to bottom, left to right, the animals are: walrus, polar bear(?), reindeer, seal and whale, seal and polar bear(?), and seal and reindeer. Pencil inscription on back, bottom left corner.

Culture
Inuit
Made in
Cape Dorset, Nunavut, Canada and Kinngait, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ikutaujuk Surprises the Kayakers3524/3

Stonecut print of two kayaking men. The men have dark hair and are wearing hooded parkas. Both are using double-bladed paddles and have three black bundles on the back of their kayaks. A man-like monster is swimming under the water, on the left side of the print, and pointing up at one of the kayakers. He has long hair and is wearing a long-sleeved shirt, pants and tall boots. On the shoreline, a woman is depicted exiting a light yellow-brown tent. She is wearing a hooded, long-tailed parka and tall boots; she is holding a pouch(?). In front of her tent is a fire pit with a pot over it; jagged clouds of black smoke(?) surround it. A large bird is flying along the right side of the print. Water is dark brown-black with white dashes throughout; shoreline is dark red-purple with white spots throughout. Along the bottom edge of the print the edition number, a syllabic inscription and date are written in pencil. Diamond-shaped blind-embossed stamp in bottom left corner.

Culture
Inuit
Made in
Puvirnituq, Quebec, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Summer Tent of Old3524/1

Stonecut print of four people dragging three seals into a tent. Figures are all wearing hooded parkas, trimmed with fur, and tall boots. Figure in front centre is bent over and holding a rope, attached to a seal, and figure on left is holding an ulu knife. Tent consists of dark yellow and black sealskins stitched together; circle of black rocks around base. Two lines extend from either side of tent, supported by central poles of tent and separate ones staked into ground outside. Dark red skins are hung over the lines and poles; harpoons lean against the side of the tent. Along the bottom edge of the print the title, technique, edition number, place made, date and artist signature are written in pencil. Signatures, in syllabics, with Cape Dorset Co-operative Symbol stamped in bottom right corner.

Culture
Inuit
Made in
Cape Dorset, Nunavut, Canada and Kinngait, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Winter Camp Scene3524/2

Stonecut print of a camp. Scene consists of four igloos with eight figures and two dogs. There are three igloos in the background and one in the foreground; back igloos are in a row, front igloo in centre. The igloo on the left side of the print has walls extending outward and connecting it to the igloo in the foreground. All of the figures are wearing hooded parkas, mittens and tall boots. Four figures are in the background, on top of and behind the igloos, holding tools. One figure is sitting, hunched over, in the entrance to the igloo on the left. Another figure is on their knees, holding a fish, in the entrance to the igloo in the foreground. In between the two sitting figures is a dog. On the right side of the print a woman is standing, with a baby strapped to her back, and holding a pole with three fish speared on it. The second dog is standing on its hind legs, next to the woman, attempting to eat the fish. There is a sled in the upper right corner of the print, behind an igloo; hunting equipment in the bottom left corner. Along the bottom edge of the print the title, technique, edition number, place made, date and artist signature are written in pencil. Signatures, in syllabics, with Cape Dorset Co-operative Symbol stamped in upper right corner. Canadian Eskimo Arts Council blind-embossed stamp in bottom right corner.

Culture
Inuit
Made in
Cape Dorset, Nunavut, Canada and Kinngait, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Geese Laying Eggs in the Spring3524/4

Stonecut print of two geese and a nest. One goose, done in black, is standing overtop the nest; second goose, done in dark brown, has its back turned to the first and its head bent to the ground. Both have their wings spread. The nest has three eggs in it and is done in green and yellow; ground done in same colours, with white spots throughout. Along the bottom edge of the print the edition number, a syllabic inscription and date are written in pencil. Diamond-shaped blind-embossed stamp in bottom left corner.

Culture
Inuit
Made in
Puvirnituq, Quebec, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeaddressA3664

Tamer's headdress. Cedar bark headdress in the form of a rounded beak: two semi-circular flaps at front representing a beak with two long oval shapes that sit on top of beak, a hooked nose that projects out over the beak. Bunched cedar strips are attached at the top of the headdress frame with thick white string, and white string is wrapped around the base of the frame at the back. (Photos show mask without the nose piece; nose repaired in 2021.)

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar bark, wood and cotton fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dance Screen3474/1

Woven cedar bark screen with painted design in a horizontal orientation. Image is of two identical thunderbirds, bodies facing front and heads facing each other. Thunderbirds are outlined in black with formline designs throughout interior. Designs done in black with green and red-orange highlights. Each thunderbird has a curved horn on the back of their head and semi-circular shaped protrusion on top of their head. Thunderbirds have downward pointing wings and legs widely spread outward. Wings and tails have three feathers each and they are filled with dots. Wings have blue-grey dots, tail feathers have green. Main bodies are filled with red-orange dots, surrounding central designs, and head filled with blue-grey dots. Borders around all edges of screen are made of dyed(?) dark green-black strips of bark. The screen is edged with wide strips of bark.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
dye, cedar bark and paint
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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There Is Hope, If We Rise3451/12

Poster from a set of 12; caption says “Decolonize”. Front of poster is beige with an abstract design, consisting of formline elements, overtop. Border and negative space, between designs, is beige. Motifs are in the upper three quarters of the image, and are done in blue, blue-grey, dark blue and red. Bottom section is a dark blue band, with the “Decolonize” caption along the top edge and a row of ovoids below. Designs and text are done in blue-grey. Back of poster is white, with the artist statement and series information typed in black ink.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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There Is Hope, If We Rise3451/10

Poster from a set of 12; caption says “Confront”. Front of poster is beige with an abstract design, consisting of formline elements, overtop. Border and negative space, between designs, is beige. Motifs are in the upper three quarters of the image, and are done in blue, blue-grey, dark blue and red. Bottom section is a dark blue band, with the “Confront” caption along the top edge and a row of ovoids below. Designs and text are done in blue-grey. Back of poster is white, with the artist statement and series information typed in black ink.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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