Drawing
Physical description
Grey pencil drawing on horizontal rectangular sheet of white paper of a winter camp scene with ice fishing. Upper left has a woman holding the hand of a child. Below her is a man ice fishing with a small windbreak around him. Below this is a man harpooning fish through a hole in the ice, with fish on the ice just above. In the centre top are a couple talking. The man poses the following question to the woman "qimirijumagungu suma? tuqumiapiu?" She is holding a puppy in her right hand. Below them is a man cutting a hole in the ice for fishing. Beside him is written "ataatavit iqaluta qaili." To the man's right is a young boy and a fish. Written in front of the boy is "ataataga iqalutu." To the left of the man is another man holding an ice scoop. Below them are a group of three dogs and below that are two men lying on the ground. At the upper right is a snow house. Below the snow house is a woman holding a snow scoop, a man with a beard, another woman holding a snow scoop, and a woman holding her hand out. Below them are a group of three men crouching on the ground with the following written on them "tavani iqalurijuju." To the right is a walking dog, a man holding a knife in his right hand, another man and a woman. Hannah and syllabics written in lower right corner. Sanavik embossed stamp in lower left corner, with ink stamp on reverse.
Categories
Date Made
C. 1978
Date Acquired
22 Oct 2012
How Acquired
Donated
Credit Line
Measurements
Overall: 56.2 cm x 76 cm
Object Number
2978/12