Dream of the Bird Woman

About this object

Narrative

In Baker Lake Prints, first catalogue printed in 1970, as Print #17.

Physical description

Stone cut print. Figure of a female in a black dress with dark red trim walking to the right side with dark red legs and triangular feet. She has striped dark red wings, on top of which, at either side, there is an inward facing dark red figure. In the lower right corner, there is an image of a brown caribou, with a pencilled syllabic above. Pencil inscription across the bottom edge reads 'Dream of the Bird Woman 9/21 Stone Cut 1969 VII Oonark, Makpa, Amarook'. The print is on a vertically rectangular, off-white paper.