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Helen Kalvak

Bear Hunt, 1966

Description

Maker

  • Helen Kalvak, 1901-1984, Canadian
  • Joseph Kitekudlak, Canadian, printer

Culture

Inuit

Title

Bear Hunt

Year

1966

Medium

Stone cut on rice paper

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • stone cut

Supports

  • Rice paper

Dimensions

Plate/Image: 35.6 x 48.3 cm (14 x 19 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Dated in pencil at LL:#4 Eskimo Western Arctic 1966; signed in pencil at LR:by Kalvak 11/40; inscriptions in pencil at LC. Blind stamp with Inuktitut letters for "genuine at LR, Holman community stamp above it.

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James A. Houston

Object Number

77.148.16

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in Copyright. This object is Bear Hunt with the accession number of 77.148.16. To request high-resolution files or new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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