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Culture
Inuit (Canadian Arctic Native style)
Title
Bird
Alternative title: ᑎᖕᒥᐊᖅ (Tingmiaq)
Work Type
Statue
Date
ca. 1990
20th century
Material
Soapstone
Measurements
H. 18 1/2 x W. 20 1/4 x D. 4 3/4 in. (47.5 x51.3 x 12.1 cm)
Description
Description: This sculpture depicts a bird standing upright with outstretched wings.
Repository
Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University
Avery Art Properties
Accession Number
2018.14.005
Genre Type
Animal art
Primary Classification
Sculpture (visual works)
Inscriptions/ Signatures
Inscribed underneath in Inuktitut
Curatorial notes
Ashevak Tunnillie is a Kinngait (Cape Dorset) artist.
Credit line
Art Properties, Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library, Columbia University in the City of New York, Gift of Robin Wagner, Barnard College ’80, and Jerome Grossman, Columbia College ’61
Provenance
Purchased by Grossman/Wagner at the Northern Images Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, on November 22, 1992; Gift of Grossman/Wagner to Columbia in November 2018
CLIO BIB ID
13752941
Rights
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File Properties
File Name
Avery_AP_4812_08_001.jpg
SSID
31294966

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