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Portfolio, consisting of a special edition hard cover folder (part a) and a title page (part b), as well as a lithograph portrait of each artist (parts c, j), and twelve prints (parts d-i, and k-p), six by each artist. Folder is light grey with central design of a large ulu, done in dark grey spots and curvilinear lines. Title is written along top edge, and Holman Eskimo-Cooperative logo, consisting of an ulu with "HOLMAN" written through the centre, along bottom edge. There are metal grommets along the right side. Attached to back cover, inside, is a gloss paper folder for holding loose pages. The title page (part b) is done on gloss paper and has acknowledgements, in English, Inuktut, and French, and edition number, 14/55. "KALVAK/EMERAK" and Holman Eskimo Co-Operative logo done in orange-red, all other text done in dark grey. All internal prints/pages are loose, not bound.
Parka style inner and outer coat set. Both are hooded with front centre openings, secured with zippers. Outer coat is made of light blue synthetic material, unlined. Inner coat made of white wool, lined with dark blue silk-like fabric. Two large pockets, with deeply curved openings, on either side of outer coat. Cuffs and bottom edge are trimmed with Delta Braids. Ribbon is light yellow, bordered with red along the top and brown along the bottom. Repeating pattern of green squares framing a dark purple rectangle throughout centre of yellow band. Repeating pattern of three birds embroidered along cuffs and bottom edge of inner coat. Standing pink and green birds face one another with a purple bird in between, facing forward. Wings and legs are highlighted dark green, red and light green. On the chest, on either side of the centre opening, are standing red birds with dark yellow highlights, facing one another. Cuffs, bottom edge and hood of inner coat are trimmed with white fox fur. Manufacturer's mark stamped to exterior of the inner coat's hood.
Leister type spear made of wood, bone, sinew, steel. Handle is a long, straight, squared rod of wood with a flat butt. At top a thick wrapping of rawhide with hair connects handle to spear head. Head is made of two curving outer arms of horn, thick at top where each holds a metal spike over a central piece of bone barbed at its end.
Flared copper ulu type knife with a rounded edge on the bottom of the blade. The blade is connected to a horizontal copper handle by a short post.
Oval shaped seal skin with image sewn into the main skin using a patchwork technique. The main skin is lighter at the sides and dark down the centre. Light and dark pieces of seal skin are used to create the image of two Inuit people facing forward. The edge of the skin has holes cut into it for stretching or hanging on a frame, with a strip of leather strung through several holes at the top. The back shows the seams where all the pieces of skin have been sewn together. There are green Holman Island stamps on the back of the skin.
Rectangular seal skin with image sewn into the main skin using a patchwork technique. Lighter pieces of seal skin are used to create the images of an Inuit hunter with a spear pointed toward a seal under a curve of ice(?), with border designs at each end. The back shows the seams where all the pieces of skin have been sewn together. There are green Holman Island stamps on the back of the skin.
Woman's parka made of brown fur, with a lighter fur lined hood and delta trim around the bottom of the coat and arms. The delta trim is used at the seam between the dropped shoulder and the sleeve as well as at the bottom edge of the coat and sleeve. The trim around the dropped shoulders is made up of thin strips of red, green and blue cotton fabric and yellow ricrac sewn in a linear design. The trim around the cuff of the sleeves is a band of white fur. The trim around the bottom of the coat is white fur with two brown facing triangles. There is a thin red band above the triangles, a thin green band below and a thicker band of red along the bottom of the white trim. There are long fur fringes under the trim on the shoulders and under the hood on the front and back. The skin side of the fringes is dyed red.
Hunter in a kayak with three caribou heads and shoulders emerging from a flat platform. Platform is rounded on the corners, three sides are relatively straight and the fourth is angled. The hunter holds an antler paddle (part b) in one hand and a copper tipped, antler spear, poised to throw, in the other. His hood is down and his hair is indicated by fine lines. Caribou each have two removable antlers (parts c-h), rounded snouts, dots for eyes and small upright ears. Two parallel zigzag lines run across platform in front of front two cariboo, indicating water movement. V-shaped parallel lines radiate from third caribou and kayak. Unsigned.