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Five (parts a-e) rectangular sheets of paper, coloured red on right side. Glued near centre of each sheet, on longitudinal axis, is a rectangular piece of gold coloured metal foil, printed with the image of a god in red and green, with two Chinese characters in gold on red squares above his head. The area below has been cut in a set of rough geometric designs.
Print depicting an owl in downward flight with its claws and wings over its head attacking a fish below. The owl's head is white, its body has a lined pattern overall, suggesting feathers, and the tail and feet are brown and green. The upper body of the fish is brownand green, the belly is white, and the fins are mainly orange-brown. An inscription below the image reads, "Owl Attacking Fish Dorset '67 Stone Cut 31/50 Pitseolak." The artist and printmaker's names are printed in black Inuit syllabics along with the red stylized igloo of the Cape Dorset cooperative at the lower right.
Print depicting three human figures, two of which are inverting a kayak onto two piles of stones. Above the figures are a tent and a skin drying on a stretcher. The human figures, the skin on the drying rack, and the kayak are black. The tent and stones are brown. Below the image is written, "Caching the Kayak 48/50," the artist's name in Inuit syllabics, and, "Jamasie 1967." The Canadian Eskimo Arts Council blind embossed stamp is in the bottom right-hand corner.
Print depicting two birds facing away from each other: the bird on the left is about to take flight, and the bird on the right is facing away from the viewer. Both birds are rendered in brown with speckled bodies and darker wings. The inscription below the image reads, "73 Levilevilaa 31/50 Kananginak 1967" with the name of the artist written in Inuit syllabics. The Canadian Eskimo Arts Council's blind embossed stamp is in the bottom right-hand corner.
Print depicting a standing woman clothed in traditional Inuit style with a child's face in her parka hood. She is holding a fish in one hand and a scraper in the other. Two dogs flank the woman, standing on their hind legs. An inscription below the image reads, "67," "Woman with Dogs" and "4/50; Pitseolak 1967."
Body of caribou representing tent has stitch marks in curvilinear lines; shading on back, shoulders and rear. Tail and antlers solid green. Stitched skin tent below head at left, row of stones at base. Below image from left: "Shaman's tent 6/50 Cape Dorset 1973 Pudlo." Names of artist and printmaker in Inuit syllabics at side on upper right. Canadian Eskimo Arts Council's blind embossed stamp at lower right.
Print depicting a walrus/bird creature. There is a harpoon pointed towards the walrus head with two floats attached, and there are two bird heads with open beaks emerging from the back of the creature, one consuming a fish. The name of the artist is handwritten in pencil at the lower right edge, "32/50" is written at the lower left edge, and the Canadian Eskimo Art Council stamp is blind embossed at the edge on the lower right.
Print with a brown-black and blue image on off-white paper. Nine stylized bird and animal figures are arranged around a central figure with raised arms, which is holding a crescent shape that supports two of the figures. The group forms an inverted triangular shape, dark blue at top merging to brown-black at the bottom. Below the image is the inscription, "stone cut; 13/50 Cape Dorset Pitseolak." Stamped at right in red with the names of the artist and printer in Inuit syllabics in monogram form with the Cape Dorset seal of the stylized igloo; "54" in bottom corner on right.
Pair of rectangular papers, each printed in black outline, with an armed military door god (wu menshen; 武門神), a general with guandao pole weapons (立刀将军) in green, red, and purple. Faces and background are orange. White paper left uncoloured in some places. The Chinese character福 (fu, fortune) appears on the two fluttering flags behind their shoulders. Figures are 65.5 cm high. Part (a) is the figure in a green robe, part (b) is in a red robe.
Pair of rectangular papers, each printed in black outline with a civil officer door god (如意加官), one type of civil door god (wen menshen; 文門神). The door god on part (b) wears a green robe with red and yellow patterns and the name of the printing shop 新元發 (san1 jyun4 faat3/Xīn yuán fā) appears near his face. The door god on part (a) wears a red robe with green and yellow patterns. They both hold a ritual wine vessel known as jue (爵) each. Faces and background are orange. White paper is left uncoloured in places. Figures are 58 cm high. (The gods would normally be shown facing each other.)