Sculpture

Museum number:
2-71426
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020071426
Accession number:
Acc.4532
Description:
Sculpture: Med. grey Povungnituk stone; standing “beast transformation figure” on self base; resembles howling wolf; “L. ETUK 70809” engraved on underside. Provenience: Canada, Arctic Quebec, Povungnituk and Kangirqsualujjuaq; Inuit; Tivi Etook. Example of “fantastic art” common in the Eastern Arctic. See Graburn’s notes on p.2 of the Images of the North appraisal for additional information.
Donor:
Katherine Graburn and Nelson H.H. Graburn
Collection place:
Quebec, Canada
Culture or time period:
Inuit
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Sculpture (visual works)
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Comment:
This object record was created because location data had been entered into the PHOEBE database without a corresponding object record. (J. Meehan 6/2003)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sculpture, accession number 2-71426, described as Sculpture: Med. grey Povungnituk stone; standing “beast transformation figure” on self base; resembles howling wolf; “L. ETUK 70809” engraved on underside. Provenience: Canada, Arctic Quebec, Povungnituk and Kangirqsualujjuaq; Inuit; Tivi Etook. Example of “fantastic art” common in the Eastern Arctic. See Graburn’s notes on p.2 of the Images of the North appraisal for additional information.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sculpture, accession number 2-71426, described as Sculpture: Med. grey Povungnituk stone; standing “beast transformation figure” on self base; resembles howling wolf; “L. ETUK 70809” engraved on underside. Provenience: Canada, Arctic Quebec, Povungnituk and Kangirqsualujjuaq; Inuit; Tivi Etook. Example of “fantastic art” common in the Eastern Arctic. See Graburn’s notes on p.2 of the Images of the North appraisal for additional information.

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