In the Wake of the Whale

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Object Details

Culture/People

Inuit [Cape Dorset/Kinngait]

Artist/Maker

Arnaqu Ashevak (Arnaquq Ashevak/Annaco Ashevak/Annago Ashevak), Inuit [Cape Dorset/Kinngait], 1956-2009

Previous seller

Spirit Wrestler Gallery

Previous owner

R. E. Mansfield (Richard E. Mansfield), Non-Indian, 1937-2007

Donor

R. E. Mansfield (Richard E. Mansfield), Non-Indian, 1937-2007

Collection History

Purchased by R.E. Mansfield (1937-2007) from the Spirit Wrestler Gallery (Vancouver, British Columbia) in 2004; donated to NMAI by R.E. Mansfield in 2005.

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Date created

2002

Catalog Number

26/4403

Barcode

264403.000

Object Type

Painting/Drawing/Print

Title

In the Wake of the Whale

Object Name

Media/Materials

Paper, ink

Techniques

Lithographed, stenciled

Dimensions

63 x 72 cm

Place

Cape Dorset (Kingait, Kinngait, Kingnait); Qikiqtaaluk Region (Qitirmiut, Baffin); Nunavut; Canada

Archipelago

Canadian Arctic Archipelago

Island Name

Dorset Island

Island Grouping

Baffin Island Group

See related items

Inuit [Cape Dorset/Kinngait]

Painting/Drawing/Print

Data Source

National Museum of the American Indian

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws67e38c7e9-34bb-4b9a-ba21-dad6e07dc628

Record ID

NMAI_280605