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  2. Inuit art - Wikipedia

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    Angakkuq, a sculpture by Pallaya Qiatsuq (Cape Dorset, Nunavut Territory, Canada). Inuit art, also known as Eskimo art, refers to artwork produced by Inuit, that is, the people of the Arctic previously known as Eskimos, a term that is now often considered offensive.

  3. Irene Avaalaaqiaq Tiktaalaaq - Wikipedia

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    Avaalaaqiaq Tiktaalaaq began her art career between 1969 and 1970 with small soapstone carvings, often of animals with human heads. [5]Her works are part of the collections at the National Gallery of Canada, the Winnipeg Art Gallery, the Baltimore Museum of Art, and the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre and the College of William and Mary in Virginia.

  4. Irene Kataq Angutitok - Wikipedia

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    Angutitok used soapstone, ivory and whalebone in her art. Some of her sculptures portray scenes from the Bible; she was encouraged by Father Bernie Franzen. She also created sculptures of female figures. [1] In 2002, Canada Post created a Christmas stamp based on her sculpture Mary and Child. [2] [5]

  5. Visual arts of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas

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    Modern Inuit art began in the late 1940s, when with the encouragement of the Canadian government they began to produce prints and serpentine sculptures for sale in the south. Greenlandic Inuit have a unique textile tradition intregrating skin-sewing, furs, and appliqué of small pieces of brightly dyed marine mammal organs in mosaic designs ...

  6. Uqqurmiut Centre for Arts & Crafts - Wikipedia

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    The Centre includes a Tapestry Studio, a Craft Gallery, and a Print Shop. In spite of its remote location and small population, numerous Inuit from Pangnirtung have successfully marketed their prints, carvings, sculptures, and textile arts, such as woven wall hangings, to southern collectors. Starting in the 1970s, limited edition prints from ...

  7. Soapstone - Wikipedia

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    The qulliq, a type of oil lamp, is carved out of soapstone and used by the Inuit and Dorset peoples. [13] The soapstone oil lamps indicate these people had easy access to oils derived from marine mammals. [14] In the modern period, soapstone is commonly used for carvings in Inuit art. [15]

  8. Johnny Inukpuk - Wikipedia

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    His work titled Hunter, possibly the first large figurative piece of Inuit sculpture, [3] was part of a collection of Inuit art that was acquired by the TD Bank Financial Group in 1951. His work received recognition as part of an exhibition of Inuit art known as The Coronation Exhibition held at Gimpel Fils in London, England in 1953. [ 4 ]

  9. Inuit doll - Wikipedia

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    Greenlandic Inuit doll at the Stuttgart, Linden-Museum. Inuit dolls are made out of soapstone and bone, materials common to the people of northern Alaska, Greenland and northern Canada. Many are clothed with animal fur or skin. Their clothing articulates the traditional style of dress necessary to survive cold winters, wind, and snow.

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