Sculpture

Museum number:
2-71433
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020071433
Accession number:
Acc.4532
Description:
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.
Donor:
Katherine Graburn and Nelson H.H. Graburn
Collection place:
Cape Dorset, Nunavut, Canada
Culture or time period:
Inuit
Maker or artist:
Kenojuak Ashevak
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Sculpture (visual works)
Production date:
1968
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Images:
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.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with 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.Documentation associated with 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.

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