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Comparing Braids1749/3

Stonecut print of two people on hand-made paper. The front person has the body of a marine animal, possibly a seal. Each person has two long, flowing braids and are facing opposite directions. Paper is hinged onto thin mat board, which is attached to foam core. Also has unattached white front mat. Inscription on print below image. Syllabic characters in red and black are present on the corner of the print.

Culture
Inuit
Made in
Cape Dorset, Nunavut, Canada and Kinngait, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Wolf and Bird Spirits1749/33

Two headed animal at base has two headed bird emerging from its back. Two birds and animals on hind legs stand on back of the animal at the base and face opposite directions. Syllabics and embossed stamp in lower right-hand corner.

Culture
Inuit
Made in
Cape Dorset, Nunavut, Canada and Kinngait, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Custodians of Ancestral Lore1749/31

Print of two prone figures in profile with fish for lower bodies and humans for upper bodies. Figures are resting on elbows facing each other. Each has a bird in profile resting on top and facing each other. Above and behind birds is a frontal view of an owl. Above owl are two birds in profile facing outwards with a plume of feathers between them. Syllabic markings include a red upside down "U" shape and another shape in lower right corner. Handwritten inscriptions are below the image. overall colours used are blue, green, purple, light green, dark red, and black.

Culture
Inuit
Made in
Cape Dorset, Nunavut, Canada and Kinngait, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Guardians of the Katajjaqtatit1749/26

Print of the profile of two sets of birds facing each other. The top two birds are purple and the bottom two birds are brown. There are two human figures kneeling in between the two brown birds and are facing each other. They each wear a white snow suit. One is accented with green, the other with red. The figures are kneeling on red, brown, and black stones. There is a blue sky in the background.

Culture
Inuit
Made in
Cape Dorset, Nunavut, Canada and Kinngait, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Birdspirits1749/25

Drawing of two bird-like figures with human faces standing opposite each other and holding the stem of a candelabra shaped stand. A green stalk with a semi-star shape on the top and two blue wing-like shapes on either side at top extends from top of candelabra. A syllabic inscription is below the image on the corner.

Culture
Inuit
Made in
Cape Dorset, Nunavut, Canada and Kinngait, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Two Girls1749/20

Ink drawing of two girls facing away from each other and two kinds of two headed birds, also facing away from each other. The images of the girls are "framed" by the birds necks and backs. On the bottom corner of the image is the artist's inscription in syllabic markings. Overall colours are black and white.

Culture
Inuit
Made in
Cape Dorset, Nunavut, Canada and Kinngait, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Four Girls1749/18

Bilateral image with four human heads and torsos surrounded by four birds. Birds facing out along bottom have necks of birds at side in their beaks. All human heads in profile. Centre two face in, outer two face out. Syllabics in pen in lower right hand corner. Drawing is in black ink. Pencil lines alongside ink lines. Erased pencil lines visible. Discoloured mark and stain on top portion. Unattached back matte present. Inscription on lower 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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Birds and Fish1749/17

Image is symmetrical (left and right). From top to bottom, images are four large birds, ten silhouetted human heads, and two large fish. Image fills page. Syllabics in bottom right corner. Paper is hinged on white foam core. Unattached, beige, front mat present. Overall colours are black, green, brown, light brown, blue, grey, yellow, and pink.

Culture
Inuit
Made in
Cape Dorset, Nunavut, Canada and Kinngait, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spirit Helpers1466/2

Print of a brown and black deer(?) with multiple animals and one human-like figure protruding from its body. Clockwise from the deer's(?) head are the following features: a large black and grey clawed wing that extends over the top of the deer, a long brown necked bird with an open mouth and orange tongue, the tail of the deer(?), the head of a human attached to a blue bust from which a grey clawed hand protrudes, the body and head of a smaller grey bird that has a grey clawed hand protruding from its body, and a medium sized green and purple bird that faces towards from the neck of the deer. Syllabic characters in the corner are followed by the following handwritten inscription: "Spirit Helpers Lithograph 8/50 Dorset 1989 Kenojuak. "

Culture
Inuit
Made in
Cape Dorset, Nunavut, Canada and Kinngait, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Complex of BirdsNa1518

Print comprised of ten birds, three adult human figures, one small sea creature with hair braids and hands outstretched downwards, and three animals interspersed. Bottom reads; "Complex of birds stonecut 31/50 Cape Dorset Baffin Island 1960 Kenojuak." Stamped with names of artist and printmaker in Inuit syllabics in monogram form with Cape Dorset igloo stylized in top left corner. The print is hinged to white mat board.

Culture
Inuit
Made in
Cape Dorset, Nunavut, Canada and Kinngait, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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