Eskimo Artist, Tiktak
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Author/Creator
George Swinton
Description
Portrait of Tiktak, the Inuit artist; indoor scene.
Documentary illustrates traditional leatherwork, carving, and the construction of a kayak.
Duration: 21:07.
Please note that language used reflects time in which film was produced (1943).
Historical note:
An umiak is an Inuit skin boat.Historical note:
Etah, abandoned village in NW Greenland, on Smith Sound, opposite Ellesmere Island. The Eskimo tribe discovered there by John Ross in 1818 is known as the Polar Eskimo and was studied by R. E. Peary, D. B. MacMillan, and Knud Rasmussen. Etah was frequently used as a base for arctic expeditions.