A Man-Made Boat

The Inuit prints consist mainly of stencils, stonecut engravings and lithographs from the communities of Cape Dorset, Baker Lake, Povunenituk, Holman Island, Pangnirtung and Clyde River. The first Cape Dorset prints were in 1959, Povunenituk in 1962, Holman Island in 1965, Baker Lake in 1970, Pangnirtung in 1973 and Clyde River in 1981. Starting in the late 1940's Indian and Northern Affairs supported the development of art from the Canadian Arctic in co-operation with the Canadian Eskimo Arts Council. Catalogues have been published since 1959 and most of the prints are documented in their year of production. Pangnirtung prints often stress whaling activities that took place until the beginning of the 20th century.

Picture of a boat with a square, yellow sail and containing four human figures in yellow and brown with an oar out to each side; waves below are blue-green. Pencil inscription across the bottom edge reads 'A man-made boat stencil 12/50 Pauloosie Karpik / Mosesee Novakeel Pangnirtung 1976' with Inuit syllabics in pencil and larger Pangnirtung symbol in grey. In the lower right corner, there is a Canadian Eskimo Arts Council stamp of approval blind embossed. The print is on horizontally rectangular, white paper.