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Culture
Inuit (Canadian Arctic Native style)
Title
Muskox
Alternative title: ᐅᒥᖕᒪᒃ (Umingmak)
Work Type
Statue
Date
1990
20th century
Material
Soapstone, antler
Measurements
H. 13 x W. 22 3/4 x D. 7 1/2 in. (33 x 58.3 x 19 cm)
Description
Description: This sculpture depicts a muskox (musk ox) with elaborately carved hair stylized like fringe around the bottom of the figure.
Repository
Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University
Avery Art Properties
Accession Number
2018.14.007
Genre Type
Animal art
Primary Classification
Sculpture (visual works)
Inscriptions/ Signatures
Inscribed underneath in Inuktitut; label on bottom: CARVING NUMBER / 908-136
Curatorial notes
Nuyaliaq Qimirpik is a Kimmirut artist whose name is also recorded as Newjeleak or Newgilleak Qimirpik.
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 Cottage Craft Gifts, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, on November 21, 1990; Gift of Grossman/Wagner to Columbia in November 2018
CLIO BIB ID
13752943
Rights
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File Properties
File Name
Avery_AP_4812_01_001.jpg
SSID
31294968

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