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Start Over Donor Nelson H.H. Graburn
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Sculpture, accession number 2-71457, described as Sculpture: Bust of man with small dog (carved head, abstracted body); blat base; hard Repulse area green serpentine; incised on underside “Anagulu Rusa” in syllabics; coop label glued on. See p.35 of Images of the North appraisal for add’l. info.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Sculpture, accession number 2-71466, described as Sculpture; feeding mother, kneeling, with child at breast; hard green Repulse stone; h. 10.5 cm. See p. 47, “Images of the North”, appraisal for additional information.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Sculpture, accession number 2-71473, described as Sculpture; standing man with arms outstretched; hard dark grey Baker Lake area stone; incised on one foot (in syllabics) “Ikuta”, on the other “BL”; h. 23 cm. See p. 54 of “images of the North” appraisal for additional info.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Sculpture, accession number 2-71465, described as Sculpture; polar bear standing on hind legs, jaws open; chip on right forepaw; medium hard grey-green slate from Belcher Island; two inset ivory teeth; two lower teeth missing; on bottom of right foot (in syllabics) incised “Samuili E9.996 47876”; h. 17.5 cm. See p. 46, “Images of the North” appraisal for additional information.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Sculpture, accession number 2-71462, described as Sculpture: sea urchin, highly polished medium grey Sanikiluaq (Belcher Island) slate; hemispherical; 8 incised broken lines radiate from center to base; and continue to center bottom: Incised on bottom in syllabics “Sali Tutu” and c. 84 10762; diam. at base 5cm. See “Images of the North” appraisal p. 98 for additional information.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Sculpture, accession number 2-71434, described as Sculpture: med grey Povungnituk stone; man standing beside tall “flame”; self base; engraved “DEVID” and syllabics “Iqila” on underside. Provenience: Canada, Arctic Quebec, Povungnituk, Inuit; Davidialuk Alasua Amittu. The artist said this is a portrayal of one of the last shamans, named Irqilak, who was in competition with the newly arrived missionaries. In order to keep his flock from being attracted to the white missionary orders, he went up on a hill and used his magic powers to make a great flame burst from the rock. But he still lost his congregartion. See Graburn notes, p.10 of Images of the North appraisal for additional information.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Sculpture, accession number 2-71441, described as Sculpture: Cape Dorset fine blue-green serpentine; man, standing with legs apart; incised underside on one foot in syllabics “Jaimisi”’. NOTE: Precarious balance. Provenience: Canada, Northwest Territories, Cape Dorset, Inuit; “Jaimisi” = Jamasie Teevee. See p. 17 of remarks in Images of the North appraisal for add’l. information.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Sculpture, accession number 2-71496, described as Sculpture; standing man with arms outstretched; thick carving; dark grey stone; incised on bottom in syllabics “ papiya”; h. 13 cm.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Sculpture, accession number 2-71456, described as Sculpture: Sitting bird with upright neck; hard beige Cape Dorset ironstone; neck borken and mended; incised on underside “Piuliju” in syllabics. See p.34 of images of the North appraisal for add’l.info.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Sculpture, accession number 2-71436, described as Sculpture: Light grey, soft (Gov’t. supplied) stone; two-domed igloo and entrance wall, incised to deliniate seperate blocks of ice; self base; engraved on bottom “ELI E-9846”. Provenience: Canada, Arctic Quebec, Povungnituk, Inuit; Eli Sallualu Qinuajue. Made while artist was in TB Hospital. Artist, “with his usual mirth, said that it reminded him of a woman’s breasts (a not unusual association of the igloo with the female body in Inuit dreams/mythology.” See p.12 of remarks in Images of the North appraisal for additional information.

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