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Ink and pastel drawing on off-white rectangular paper, in horizontal orientation. Design consists of three hunters with their dogs, going whale hunting. Hunters are standing in a line, with ones on outer sides done in profile; central hunter is facing forward. Hunters on sides are wearing red coats, with their hoods up, and dark green pants and boots; both have pointed noses. The hunter on the left is holding a harpooned fish with one hand, and a knife in the other; additional harpoon to the right. Hunter on the right is holding a harpoon and a leash to a black dog. Central hunter has slitted eyes, wide nose with nostrils, and a smiling mouth; wearing black hooded parka, and matching pants and boots. They are holding a harpoon in one hand and the leash of a second black dog. Third dog, done in dark green, is off leash in the bottom right corner of the drawing. Pencil inscriptions, with artist name and year made, on back of drawing, along bottom edge.
Large, green stone, multi-figure carving (part a), with walrus tusk projections standing upright at each side (parts b-c); sides of tusks with drawings face forward. Base of carving is an arm, with a raised fist on left end, and simple animal features on right. Hand is clenched around a cone-like shape. Animal has large deep eyes carved into either side of arm, and a set of whiskers incised towards the centre, along the base's edge. Large loon is sitting on centre of arm; legs hanging down either side. Bird's body is facing towards the hand, head turned backwards. Large fish hanging from loon's beak, with head touching back of bird's body. Tusk projections are incised with drawings and attach to the stone with wooden dowels. Tusk on right side (part b), above animal, is incised with four brown ink drawings on one side (from top): fish, loon, person, walrus; the other side has three harpoons and syllabics in brown. Tusk attached above fist (part c) is incised on both sides with black ink drawings. One side has (from top): seal, bird, 2 wolves, and walrus; the other side has drawings of three types of clothing (from top): k'arlik, koliktar, and amautik.
Linocut print on rectangular off-white paper, in portrait orientation; relief design with background done in black, design same colour as paper. Design consists of two sea spirits with humanoid upper halves and tails. Largest spirit in centre depicted in profile, facing forward; has large circular eyes, square nostrils, smiling mouth, and wrinkled face. Large ears are being held by two hands, and third arm is holding a fish. Second spirit, along left side of design, is shown in profile, facing other spirit, and holding it's tail with two hands. It has long hair, a small ear, and protruding lips. Wavy lines and fish throughout background. Title, print type, edition number, 15/50, place made, date made, and artist signature written along bottom edge of print in pencil. Canadian Eskimo Arts Council logo stamped in bottom left corner, underneath inscription; West Baffin Eskimo Co-operative stylized igloo logo in top left corner of design.
Stonecut print on rectangular off-white paper, in horizontal orientation; done in black ink. Design of a person in an igloo and a woman giving birth. The igloo has a circular protrusion on top, and a black base with syllabics across it. The woman is giving birth next to a bare tree, underneath an overhanging branch. Additional tree on the right side of the print, with another person hanging upside down from one of the upper branches. Edition number, 11/50, title, print maker, artist, and year made written in pencil along bottom edge; title, maker, and artist written in both syllabics and English. Canadian Eskimo Arts Council logo embossed in bottom right corner; additional logo, consisting of syllabics inside a rhombus, embossed in bottom left corner.
Copper plate engraving on rectangular off-white paper, in horizontal orientation; engraving set into paper, with raised rectangular border. Central design of an owl with outspread wings; outlined with hatch lines. Owl has small circular eyes and a V-shaped beak; body and legs decorated with spots, with faint lines throughout. Wings are covered with rows of hatch lines; entire design done in black ink. Small inscription in top right corner, with price of drawing ($50). Syllabics, edition number, 44/50, year made, and additional syllabics written along bottom edge of engraving; Canadian Eskimo Arts Council logo embossed in bottom right corner. All inscriptions written in pencil.
Ink and pencil crayon drawing with a pencil border along all edges; done on off-white rectangular paper, in horizontal orientation. Design consists of a grandmother's hand, extending from the top right corner, holding an ulu; done in dark brown. Behind the ulu is a large lollipop, with the stick pointed towards the bottom right corner of the drawing; candy has groupings of blue, yellow, green, and red stripes throughout. West Baffin Eskimo Cooperative logo embossed in bottom right corner, within pencil border. Title(?) and signature(?) written along bottom edge of drawing, outside of border, in dark brown ink. Number inscriptions and measurements written in pencil, along bottom edge on back.
Small untitled print from engraving. Image of man hunting from kayak. The man is paddling towards the closest and largest seal, which has been harpooned with a float behind it. There are five more seals further off in the distance by the prow of the kayak. The work is signed and numbered (46/50) in pencil.
Untitled print from engraving. Image shows a group of animals in profile, all facing right. At the top is a small dog behind a large dog. Below the dogs are a large seal, then a walrus, with another young walrus below it. The seal and walruses are depicted with mottled coats. Bottom left of print has '38/50' in pencil, with artist signature.
Stonecut and stencil print of a small family with the father standing in the centre, mother to the left and child to the right. Mother and father are forward facing and child is shown in profile, reaching towards the father. All are wearing white parkas, light brown mittens, and blue-green fur pants. The father and child have matching fur boots, the mother has dark blue boots. The mother’s parka has a long tail, ties in the front and multiple black bands along the bottom edge and cuffs. The father’s parka has a tassel-like decoration on top of the hood, and bands of black and red-orange around the bottom edge and cuffs. The child’s parka has black band decorations. 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 top right corner. Canadian Eskimo Arts Council blind-embossed stamp in bottom right corner.
Stonecut print of eight hunters pulling a sled. Four hunters are holding onto the sides of the sled, two on either side, and three are pulling it forward with a single cord. The four holding the sled have their backs turned, three pulling are facing left. The eighth hunter is standing alone in the foreground. All are wearing parkas, with the hoods up, short pants, and tall boots. The clothing of the seven with the sled are plain black. The eighth hunter has white trim along the parka cuffs, and bottom edges of the parka and pants. 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. Canadian Eskimo Arts Council blind-embossed stamp below Cape Dorset Co-operative symbol. (Print is taped to board backing.)