Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Igloo and Bear Hunting
Alternate Title:
Iglou et chasse à l'ours
Image View:
Detail, figures and dogs
Creator:
Emily Pangnerk Illuitok (Native American sculptor, 1943-2012)
Location:
repository: Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec (Québec, Québec, Canada) 2005.932
Location Note:
National Battlefields Park; 179 Grande Allée Ouest; Pierre Lassonde Pavilion; Brousseau Collection of Inuit Art
GPS:
46.801106-71.225064
Date:
1999 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Native American
Style Period:
Inuit (Canadian Arctic Native style); Twentieth century
Work Type 1:
sculpture (visual work)
Classification:
Sculpture and Installations
Material:
Limestone; ivory; skin; tendons; antler (caribou) and ink
Technique:
carving (processes)
Measurements:
9.8 cm (height) x 38 cm (width) x 53 cm (length)
Subjects:
animal; contemporary (1960 to present); genre; human figure; Native North Americans; igloos; hunters; bears; dogs; hunting; Inuit
Description:
Emily Pangnerk Illuitok was an Inuit artist, born on Kurviguar Island, Kitikmeot (Nunavut). Nunavut is the newest, largest, and northernmost territory of Canada. (Source: Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec [website]; www.mnbaq.org/)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
Identifier:
7A1-ILLUITOK-IABH-A0 2
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Igloo and Bear Hunting