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Head Pull3353/6

Rectangular painting of two figures engaged in a head pull game. Two figures face one another and have a brown band wrapped around both of their heads. The figure on the left is lying on their stomach, with both arms out to support themselves. The figure on the right is sitting on their knees, with both arms out to support themselves. Both figures are wearing brown fur-lined, hooded coats, brown pants and boots. The figure on the right is wearing light brown and the figure on the left is wearing dark brown. Both figures are on snowy ground, painted with shades of pink, yellow, dark blue, light blue and dark green. Behind each of them are piles of dark and light brown rocks, with snow shaded yellow, purple and blue. In the background the sun is setting against a dark blue sky, with streaks of yellow, red and red-brown through it. The artist signature and year, "'09", are printed in pen in the bottom right corner. Next to the signature a small sun is sketched in ink.

Culture
Inuit
Made in
Nunavik, Quebec, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mouth Pull3353/3

Rectangular pastel drawing of two men engaged in the mouth pull game. The men are in the foreground, along the bottom edge of the paper. Both are coloured a light pink, have black hair and their eyes are closed. The man on the left side has short hair and the man on the right has long hair. Both are visible from the shoulders up and their shoulders are bare. The man on the right is facing the right side of the paper and the man on the left is facing the left side. The man on the right has his right arm wrapped around the shoulders of the man on the left, with one finger in his mouth. The man on the left is doing the same with his left arm and has a finger in the man on the right side's mouth. Above, and behind, the men is an upside down black-outlined semi-circle. The interior of it is coloured in light yellow and dark orange. Above the semi-circle is a black and white inukshuk with shades of dark brown. The background around the inukshuk is light blue and fades to a grey-blue. Above the inukshuk there are two harpoons with yellow blades and dark brown handles. The harpoons face inwards towards a dark brown, oval-shaped tool. The tool has a hole in the centre and two holes on the top and bottom with white strings(?) coming out of them. In the bottom centre of the print, in the space between the two men, the artist signature is written in pencil.

Culture
Inuit
Made in
Baker Lake, Nunavut, Canada and Qamanittuaq, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Arm Wrestle3353/2

Rectangular watercolour painting of two shirtless men arm wrestling. There are four human outlines and a dog behind them, watching. Shades of light blue are in the background around the group. The background figures are dark grey and light brown with blue undertones. The arm wrestling men are light grey and both have their short hair, mouths, eyes and lips coloured black. One man has a majority of his face visible from the front and the other has his right-side profile visible. The man facing forward is sitting on the ground and the man facing away is sitting on the other man's legs. Both are wearing dark-grey pants and brown boots. Below the watercolour, towards the left side, "Arm Wrestle" is written in cursive in pencil. In the bottom right corner the artist signature and year, "2009," are written in pencil.

Culture
Inuit
Made in
Pangnirtung, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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