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A watercolour painting which depicts a spiritual being with four arms and an animal-like head. The being has a black head and green body. It is wearing a blue skirt that ends just below the knee. The bottom of the skirt has a border made up of red, blue, yellow, and green horizontal stripes. The main body of the skirt is covered in thinner horizontal stripes, and consists of two pieces which come together in the front. A piece of fabric hangs down from the waistband, which is decorated with a repeating circular pattern. A red, striped sash is draped diagonally across the being's chest. Additional adornments wrap around its chest and neck, and decorative bands encircle its biceps, wrists, and legs. The being's head is elongated, and facing to the left. It has two eyes stacked vertically above an open mouth. Its lower jaw is filled with sharp teeth. The being has a pointed, red ear on the side of its head, and three white bumps on top. A long black tail extends behind the head and across its shoulder. One of the being's arms is holding an elephant head by the trunk. The other arms are holding a round, red and green object, a small, thin blade, and a slightly larger curved blade. There is an animal standing behind the being. The animal is green, with a large, round body, a long face, hooves, and whiskers. The painting's background is bright yellow, and a rectangular black border surrounds the image. There is a unpainted section behind the being's head and shoulders.
A watercolour painting which depicts a spiritual being seated on a horned, four-legged animal. The being's skin is white, and it is wearing a brown skirt that ends just below the knee and curls outward at the hip. The bottom of the skirt has a border made up of white, yellow, and brown horizontal stripes. The main body of the skirt is covered in thinner horizontal stripes, and consists of two pieces which come together in the front. A piece of fabric hangs down from the skirt's waistband, which is decorated with a repeating circular pattern. A blue, dotted sash is draped diagonally across the being's chest. Additional adornments are wrapped around its chest and neck, and decorative bands encircle its biceps, wrists, and ankles. The being has narrow eyes, a small mouth, and stretched earlobes which extend to its chin. Decorations extend from the bottom of its nose. The being's arms are raised by its sides, and one of them is holding an object with a long, thin handle and a rounded, tapered end comprised of multiple strands that hang down to the being's wrist. One of the being's legs is bent underneath it, and rests on the head and back of a four-legged animal. The animal is light orange, with a humped back, short, pointed horns, and long face, legs, and tail. One of its back legs is lifted and bent. The painting's background is bright yellow, and a rectangular black border surrounds the image. Orange and white rings radiate from behind the being's head and shoulders.
Drawing of nine human figures circling a yellow drum in the centre. All have their heads pointed towards the drum, their bodies stretched out towards the edges of the paper. Seven of them are forward facing, and wearing snowsuits and boots. Colours of suits and boots are dark yellow, dark green, red, turquoise and dark brown. All have oval-shaped eyes, straight brows, slits for nostrils and open oval-shaped mouths. Two figures, towards the right side of the drawing, are done in profile with dark green parkas and matching pants and boots. Their faces are coloured yellow and both have bundles on their backs. A small tenth figure crouches beside the drum, hitting it with a drumstick. The figure is coloured black, with red and green undertones, has a pointed face and red hand. Syllabics written in the bottom right corner in turquoise. Pencil inscription on back, in bottom right corner.
Stonecut and stencil print of a small family with the father standing in the centre, mother to the left and child to the right. Mother and father are forward facing and child is shown in profile, reaching towards the father. All are wearing white parkas, light brown mittens, and blue-green fur pants. The father and child have matching fur boots, the mother has dark blue boots. The mother’s parka has a long tail, ties in the front and multiple black bands along the bottom edge and cuffs. The father’s parka has a tassel-like decoration on top of the hood, and bands of black and red-orange around the bottom edge and cuffs. The child’s parka has black band decorations. Along the bottom edge of the print the title, technique, edition number, place made, date and artist signature are written in pencil. Signatures, in syllabics, with Cape Dorset Co-operative symbol stamped in top right corner. Canadian Eskimo Arts Council blind-embossed stamp in bottom right corner.
Drawing of three identical human faces and a fish, done in two rows of two. Top row has a face and the fish, bottom row has two faces. Faces are drawn horizontally, looking towards the right side of the paper. Eyes are oval-shaped, noses are long and thin, and mouths are open and oval-shaped. All have linear tattoos. There are three horizontal lines across the nose; three lines radiate out in a fan-like shape from the bottom of the mouth; and three lines on each side radiate out from the top of the nose across the forehead. Designs done in dark blue. They each have a yellow and blue ulu next to their face, and each face is outlined in a different colour, red, yellow and dark blue. The fish is facing towards the left, done in light blue, with a red eye. Syllabics written along the bottom centre in dark green. Pencil inscription on back, in bottom right corner.
Stonecut print of eight hunters pulling a sled. Four hunters are holding onto the sides of the sled, two on either side, and three are pulling it forward with a single cord. The four holding the sled have their backs turned, three pulling are facing left. The eighth hunter is standing alone in the foreground. All are wearing parkas, with the hoods up, short pants, and tall boots. The clothing of the seven with the sled are plain black. The eighth hunter has white trim along the parka cuffs, and bottom edges of the parka and pants. Along the bottom edge of the print the title, technique, edition number, place made, date and artist signature are written in pencil. Signatures, in syllabics, with Cape Dorset Co-operative symbol stamped in bottom right corner. Canadian Eskimo Arts Council blind-embossed stamp below Cape Dorset Co-operative symbol. (Print is taped to board backing.)
Drawing of two rows of forward facing humans, that extend upward from two wide orange and green bands. Top row of humans is depicted from the shoulders up, bottom row from the waist up. Six humans along the top are wearing snowsuits and have identical facial features and tattoos. Eyes are oval-shaped, noses are long and thin, and mouths are open and oval-shaped. Tattoos are linear. There are three horizontal lines across the nose; three lines radiate out in a fan-like shape from the bottom of the mouth; and three lines on each side radiate out from the top of the nose across the forehead. Designs are done in black. Seven humans along the bottom are wearing snowsuits and have identical facial features. Eyes are oval-shaped, noses are long and thin, mouths are open and oval-shaped, and beards are triangular. Features are done in black, blue and dark green. Snowsuits of all humans are dark blue, blue, green, grey, orange and lavender. Syllabics written along the bottom centre in dark green. Pencil inscription on back, in bottom right and left corners.
Stencil print of spears and hooks. Row of seventeen orange spears, pointed down, overtop a row of twenty dark brown hooks, pointed up. Rows divided by a wide green line. In the bottom right corner of the print the title, signatures, edition number and date made are written in pencil. Signatures, in syllabics, with Baker Lake symbol stamped next to pencil inscription. Canadian Eskimo Arts Council blind-embossed stamp in bottom right corner. Pencil inscription on back, in bottom left corner.
Stonecut and stencil print of a woman with a sealskin tent. The tent is partially assembled with one pole secured and the roof hung overtop. Roof consists of dark yellow and black sealskins stitched together. The woman is standing to the right of the tent, attaching the poles. She has braided black hair and is wearing a white parka, light grey pants and large boots. The parka is long-tailed, with black trim along the hood, and is outlined in dark yellow ink. There are black rocks across the base of the tent. Along the bottom edge of the print the title, technique, edition number, place made, date and artist signature are written in pencil. Signatures, in syllabics, with Cape Dorset Co-operative symbol stamped in top right corner. Canadian Eskimo Arts Council blind-embossed stamp in bottom right corner.
Serigraph print of a husband and wife. The woman is seated on a raised platform inside a dark blue structure. She is wearing a blue and white striped dress with a red border along the bottom edge. Her child is on her back, held in place with a red and blue cloth. One of her arms is held out, offering a black bucket to her husband. The man is standing in the entryway of the structure. He is wearing a blue and white striped shirt, red pants and red boots. His left hand is reaching for the bucket, his right is holding a ladle(?). In the background, above the couple, is a small figure wearing a black shirt and red pants. He is bent over, balanced on one foot, and reaching towards the woman. In the bottom right corner of the print the title, signature, edition number and date made are written in pencil. Signatures, in syllabics, with Baker Lake symbol stamped next to pencil inscription. Canadian Eskimo Arts Council blind-embossed stamp in bottom right corner. (Print is taped to board backing.)