Quvavaq Image Eating Human

About this object

Narrative

Balshine family collection.

Physical description

A purple faced green caterpillar-like creature on top of either side of an igloo that has a mother and a child within. The inside of the igloo is yellow. The mother is kneeling with her hands clasped in front of her and is wearing grey clothing with blue trim. The father is in the entrance way of the igloo holding a knife. On the left side of the igloo, there is a grey creature with a human face and a fish bone behind it. On the right side of the igloo, there is a brown-grey seal-like creature with fangs, and a grey dog. In the upper right corner, there is another human lying down and more bones. In pencil, in the lower right corner, there is syllabic with more in various places. The drawing is on horizontally rectangular white paper.