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Pair of rectangular papers, each printed with an armed military door gods (wu menshen; 武門神), a general with a guandao pole weapon (立刀將軍) in green, red and yellow. Faces are orange, background is also orange. White paper left plain in some areas. Figures are 50 cm high. Figure on part a has a red skirt, figure on part b has a green skirt. The Chinese character福 (fu, fortune) appears on the two fluttering flags behind their shoulders, and the name of the printing shop, 福榮棧 (fuk1 wing4 zaan2/ Fú róng zhàn) on the hanging ornament. (The pair of prints should be hung with the figures facing each other.)
Pair of elongated rectangular papers, right side is orange with irregular gold flecks. Strip 3 cm. wide is left white on one end. Each has 7 black Chinese characters written vertically, each approximately 10 cm. long, written with brush in black ink. Reverse writting in pencil may indicate meaning of characters, part (a), "family filial piety"; part (b), 'heaven and earth creat??e most precious book of poems".
Print depicting a large bird with wings spread and legs extended, and two smaller birds each sitting on one of the large bird's wings. The small birds have black bodies graduating to green and dark yellow with white wings. The large bird has a white feather pattern on its dark blue and green body and wings, with solid wingtips and legs that have bands of diagonal dark green and blue-black patterns on white with black claws. Below the image is written, "Sentinel Birds Dorset 1969 Stone cut 43/50 Eegyvudluk." The artist and printmaker's names are printed in Inuit syllabics along with the Cape Dorset stylized red igloo seal at the lower right-hand side. "22-70" is written at the bottom corner on the left. Blind embossed Canadian Exkimo Arts Council logo is in bottom right-hand corner.
Stonecut print of a bird body in profile but facing front; black eyes, beak, ears and feet; black and white chevron pattern on body. Four sets of stylized wings: brown and white with black tips; green, orange and black with white pattern; one brown and 2 green tail feathers. Upper left corner has Inuit syllabics of artist and printmaker's names, Cape Dorset Co-operative seal of stylized igloo. Below image in pencil from left: title; "Dorset 1970; stonecut 5/50; Mungita." In lower corner on left "21-70."
Stonecut print depicting a kayak with two figures in cockpit, one is paddling, only head visible of other. Two figures are lying on the deck with lines attached to two animals in the water. There is also a seal head in the water. Below image on left is written, "Kayak Journey Dorset 1970 Stonecut 5/50 Pitseolak." The names of artist and printmaker are printed in Inuit syllabics along with the Cape Dorset stylized igloo in red at the upper side on the right; Canadian Eskimo Arts Council's blind embossed stamp in lower corner on left.
Print depicting two bears at the upper left-hand corner of the image, one larger than the other with an open red mouth, and six figures in parkas, one of which has a knife. Two of the figures are on top of a stone cairn. Below the image is written, "Children excited by Bears Dorset 15/50 Jamasie 1968." The Canadian Eskimo Arts Council blind embossed stamp is faintly visible in the bottom right-hand corner.
Man wearing a parka has human arms, fishtail extensions from shoulders. Below the hands are animals. Under the man is a child with a skipping rope. Pencil inscription from lower left: "17/50; Spirit of the fisherman; stonecut; Inukjurakju 1964"; stamped with names of artist and printmaker in Inuit syllabics.
Rectangular print depicting a German landscape with green foliage. In the foreground is a white-haired man fishing while seated in boat on river meandering across print, diagonal to right. Cottages on both sides of river; large multi-domed, red and grey-roofed structure on riverbank at left, partially hidden behind trees. Large, tree on bank beside fisherman. Two children stand under it while watching him fish. Bull rushes and ducks in river, lower left. Pale blue sky has orange-tinged clouds. Print backed with thick paper.
Print depicting a stylized bird with red, brown and yellow linear designs on the head, beak, tail, and legs. Brown lines along the outer edge of the wings indicate feathers. Below the image is written, "Bird of Night 18/50 Dorset 1975 (after) Peter Pitseolak," followed by the name of the artist in Inuit syllabics. The Canadian Eskimo Arts Council's blind embossed stamp is in the lower right-hand corner.
Print depicting a red maple leaf above a seven-pointed blue star and flanked by two foxes standing on their hind legs with one paw on the maple leaf. Below the image is written, "Arctic Emblem 18/50 Dorset 1975 (after) Peter Pitseolak," with the engraver's name in Inuit syllabics. The Canadian Eskimo Arts Council's blind embossed stamp is in the lower right-hand corner.