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ᐱᑦᓯᐅᓛᖅ ᐊᓲᓇ (Pitseolak Ashoona)

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Artwork Detail - V6

ᐱᑦᓯᐅᓛᖅ ᐊᓲᓇ (Pitseolak Ashoona)
Carving
Inuit
Kinngait, Nunavut, Canada
1950-1983
felt tip marker on paper
overall: 50 cm x 66 cm
This image depicts a rotund green bird following or attacking a larger brown four-legged creature. The bird is on the right half of the image, with its bottom legs facing the right side of the paper, its head directed to the centre, and its wings splayed out on either side of its body, towards the top and bottom of the page. The bird is holding brown, squiggly tendrils in its beak. The creature it is following looks to be a combination of a bear and rabbit. It is split into 3 different sections. The forehead, ears, back and tail are coloured in blue, with a scalloped brown edge. The ears look like rabbit ears and the back is covered in 3 large appendage-like extensions, the one appearing to be a tail. Below this blue section is a scalloped yellow band, running from ear to tail in the middle of the torso. The muzzle, legs and belly of the creature is drawn in brown. The creature's tongue is hanging out of its mouth, and its teeth are bared. There is what appears to be an antler sticking out of its forehead. The creature and bird take up most of the centre of the page, leaving the edges alone in negative space.
This image depicts a rotund green bird following or attacking a larger brown four-legged creature. The bird is on the right half of the image, with its bottom legs facing the right side of the paper, its head directed to the centre, and its wings splayed out on either side of its body, towards the top and bottom of the page. The bird is holding brown, squiggly tendrils in its beak. The creature it is following looks to be a combination of a bear and rabbit. It is split into 3 different sections. The forehead, ears, back and tail are coloured in blue, with a scalloped brown edge. The ears look like rabbit ears and the back is covered in 3 large appendage-like extensions, the one appearing to be a tail. Below this blue section is a scalloped yellow band, running from ear to tail in the middle of the torso. The muzzle, legs and belly of the creature is drawn in brown. The creature's tongue is hanging out of its mouth, and its teeth are bared. There is what appears to be an antler sticking out of its forehead. The creature and bird take up most of the centre of the page, leaving the edges alone in negative space.
animals, birds, flying
Works on Paper
Circumpolar Art; Contemporary Art
Gift of Dr. Maurice Yacowar
U023.5.26

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