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Start Over Collection place Cape Dorset, Nunavut, Canada Accession number Acc.4532
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Sculpture, accession number 2-71455, described as Sculpture: Sitting bird, mottled dark green Cape Dorset serpentine, eyes of black record material inset; beak chipped; “ISAPIK” incised on underside. See p. 32 of Images of the North appraisal for add’l. info.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Sculpture, accession number 2-71449, described as Sculpture: Large owl, sitting; grey-green Cape Dorset serpentine; label may cover signature in syllabics. Provenience: Canada, Northwest Territories, Cape Dorset, Inuit; Mary Qayuaryuk. See p. 25 of Images of the North appraisal for further information.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Sculpture, accession number 2-71442, described as Sculpture: Cape Dorset fine yellow-green serpentine; pair of ptarmigan, mating; “22” in felt pen on flat underside. Provenience: Canada, Northwest Territories, Cape Dorset, Inuit; Kellypalik Mangitak. See p.18 of remarks in Images of the North appraisal for additional information.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Sculpture, accession number 2-71439, described as Sculpture: Cape Dorset green mottled serpentine; goose swimming w/neck curved over back; incised on underside in Roman orthography “ENOOKY E3740”. Provenience: Canada, Nw. Territories, Cape Dorset, Inuit; “Enooky” = Innuki Oqutak. See p.15 of remarks in Images of the North appraisal for additional information.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Sculpture, accession number 2-71450, described as Sculpture: Spirit figure on base, eared face on two legs with fish tail; lt. grey Povungnituk stone; incised on underside “Tuluga” (in syllabics) and 70799; max. 1. 16.5 cm. (diagonally). Provenience: Canada, Arctic Quebec, Povungnituk, Inuit; Aisa Tuluga. See p.26 of Images of the North appraisal for further info.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Sculpture, accession number 2-71435, described as Sculpture: Mottled Cape Dorset serpentine; crudely carved man with crude face on his back; in Roman, on side “TIMOON”: and on opp. side E7-1400 or E7-1406 are engraved. Provenience: Canada, Northwest Territories, Cape Droset, Iniut; Timoon Alariaq. An early carving by a young boy, sketchy and crude. See p.11 of remarks in Images of the North appraisal for add’l. information.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Sculpture, accession number 2-71451, described as Sculpture: Lop-sided sitting walrus with carved ivory tusks; medium-dark grey Povungnituk stone; no signature. Provenience: Canada, Northwest Territories, Cape Dorset, Inuit; Osuitok Ipeelee. See p.28 of Images of the North appraisal for further info.
Hearst Museum object titled Sculpture, accession number 2-71433, described as Sculpture: Flying bear. Dark grey Povungnituk stone; small sitting bear with two undetailed wings; “Qirnuajua” engraved in syllabics on bottom. Provenience: Canada, Cape Dorset, Northwest Territories (now Nunavut), Inuit. Made by Kenojuak Ashevak. See p.9 of Graburn’s notes in Images of the North appraisal for additional information.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Sculpture, accession number 2-71438, described as Sculpture: Best Cape Dorset green serpentine; two owls side by side, signed in syllabics (incised) “Mialia”’’ eyes are incised concentric circles. Provenience: Canada, Nw. Territories, Cape Dorset, Inuit; “Mialia” = Melia Padluq. See p.14 of remarks in Images of the North appraisal for add’l. information.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Sculpture, accession number 2-71437, described as Sculpture: Very hard Cape Dorset grey stone; was oiled, hence black-surfaced when new. Now dry & grey, & unstable; two loons, one feeding from the other’s beak. Provenience: Canada, Northwest Territories, Cape Dorset, Inuit; Kellypalik Mangitak. See p.13 of remarks in Images of the North appraisal for additioal information.

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