Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Couple at Work
Alternate Title:
Couple au travail
Image View:
Detail, woman scraping a hide to prepare it for tanning
Creator:
Jaco Ishulutaq (Native American sculptor, born 1951)
Location:
repository: Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec (Québec, Québec, Canada) 2005.1390
Location Note:
National Battlefields Park; 179 Grande Allée Ouest; Pierre Lassonde Pavilion; Brousseau Collection of Inuit Art
GPS:
46.801106-71.225064
Date:
1987 (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:
whale bone
Technique:
carving (processes)
Measurements:
34.6 cm (height) x 59.6 cm (width) x 85.6 cm (length)
Subjects:
genre; human figure; hunting; preparing hides; Inuit
Description:
Born in Panniqtuuq, Qikiqtaaluk (Nunavut) in 1951. Nunavut is the newest, largest, and northernmost territory of Canada. This sculpture is a combined view of a man resting, while a woman scrapes and prepares a hide. (Source: Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec [website]; www.mnbaq.org/)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
Identifier:
7A1-ISHULUTAQ-CW-A04
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Couple at Work