Sculpture

Museum number:
2-71432
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020071432
Accession number:
Acc.4532
Description:
Sculpture: Lt. grey stone, poor quality; unstable according to collector; minimalist “Keewatin” face on featureless stone; syllabics “Pani” ( = Pangnark) incised on bottom; large chip on corner. Provenience: Canada, Northwest Territories, Arviat (Eskimo Point), Inuit; John Pangnark. See p. 8 of Images of the North appraisal for doner’s remarks.
Donor:
Katherine Graburn and Nelson H.H. Graburn
Collection place:
Arviat, Nunavut, Canada
Culture or time period:
Inuit
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Sculpture (visual works)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
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 2-71432, described as Sculpture: Lt. grey stone, poor quality; unstable according to collector; minimalist “Keewatin” face on featureless stone; syllabics “Pani” ( = Pangnark) incised on bottom; large chip on corner. Provenience: Canada, Northwest Territories, Arviat (Eskimo Point), Inuit; John Pangnark. See p. 8 of Images of the North appraisal for doner’s remarks.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sculpture, accession number 2-71432, described as Sculpture: Lt. grey stone, poor quality; unstable according to collector; minimalist “Keewatin” face on featureless stone; syllabics “Pani” ( = Pangnark) incised on bottom; large chip on corner. Provenience: Canada, Northwest Territories, Arviat (Eskimo Point), Inuit; John Pangnark. See p. 8 of Images of the North appraisal for doner’s remarks.

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