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Drawing on horizontal rectangular sheet of light beige paper of a metal tea kettle suspended above a qulliq (lamp) with a flame heating the bottom of the kettle. The lamp sits on a lamp stand and oil that has passed through the porous stone is being collected in a small metal container below. To the right is a tamper with a burnt end. Inscription in syllabics on back, bottom right corner.
Grey pencil drawing on horizontal rectangular sheet of light beige paper. Image of a pod of male narwhals all swimming towards the right edge of the image. The narwhals depicted are in two columns of four. All are in the process of spouting and all have their tusks protruding from the right sides of their heads. Red ink Cape Dorset Coop stamp on reverse. Pencil inscriptions on reverse include name of artist and "3 / 10 / 1960".
Grey pencil drawing on horizontal rectangular sheet of ivory paper of two Inuit with a number of real and imaginary animals. There are four rows of creatures in this drawing. The top row consists of a bear eating a goose, a bear standing on its hind legs, a bear facing right and a snarling dog. The next row consists of an unknown four legged animal with a caribou like head and bear claws, a seal lying on its back, a fox or dog and a second dog. The next row consists of a seal on its back and a strange creature with claws and walrus tusks protruding from its head with a line attached to the figure of a man. The bottom row consists of a man holding hands with a seal and a strange creature with large ears and seal flippers. Pencil inscription on reverse includes "60/65".
Drawing on horizontal rectangular sheet of ivory paper of two black owls side by side. They have yellow eyes, orange beaks and yellow claws. Their wings are sitting on their breasts.
Drawing on vertical rectangular sheet of ivory paper of a purple human/bird figure. Figure is all purple except for pink mittens, a light green beak and dark green eyes.
Drawing on horizontal rectangular sheet of ivory paper of a shaman and spirits. Bottom figure is a green animal-figure on four legs with a long snout. On its back is a blue support on top of which, facing in opposite directions are two human figures portrayed from the waist up. In front of each is a small green mound with a green 'plant' emerging from it. On top of the figures is a pink canopy. Pencil inscription on reverse includes "85/86".
Drawing on horizontally rectangular sheet of off-white paper of six birds. The water and sky grounds are painted with acrylic wash. In the foreground is water, in the middle of the image is brown tundra and in the background is a pink-blue sky. A green bird and a grey bird are on the water. In the middle of the image are three birds sitting on nests: a brown bird at left, a larger grey bird in the middle, and to the right a white bird. Standing on an outcrop above is a brown bird with a pink neck. Paint runs right to edge on the right, but stops slightly short at the left side.
Grey pencil drawing on horizontal rectangular sheet of beige paper of an attack on a bear. In the centre of the image is a bear facing right. Below the bear are two people running away in opposite directions. These appear to be children. Above are two figures attacking the bear. To the right is a woman with an elaborate hairstyle attacking the bear with what appears to be an ulu attached to a long handle. To the left is a dog in human clothing attacking the bear with the same type of weapon. Cape Dorset Coop embossed stamp in lower corner. Inscription in pencil on reverse includes "59/65."
Grey pencil drawing on horizontal rectangular sheet of beige paper of a shaman with ulu. Central figure is of a woman with a tattooed face holding an ulu and standing over a prostrate figure. The tattooed woman appears to a have a pointed tail. To either side are two humanlike figures. At the top of the image to the left is a creature - perhaps bear-human? To the right are two standing birds. Cape Dorset Coop embossed stamp in lower corner. In pencil on reverse: 59/65 along with other numbers.
Grey pencil drawing on horizontal rectangular sheet of ivory paper of a girl throwing stones to scare birds away from a meat drying rack supported with stones. From the rack hang five pieces of meat and possibly some intestines. The rack is being attacked by flying creatures. While three are clearly birds, one is an imaginary bird with two heads, two bodies, six wings and four legs. Under the drying rack sits a female figure with stones in both her hands, to throw at the birds. The bird immediately to the right of the imaginary bird has been struck by one of the stones.