Carving

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A Peripatetic Trading Post Clerk

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Peter Murdoch
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 10, no. 2, Summer, 1995, pp. 56-59
Description
Author reflects on his fur trade posting on Baffin Island and in northern Quebec. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 56.
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Peter Murdoch: Pioneer of the Nunavik Co-op Movement

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Matthew Fox
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 12, no. 4, Winter, 1997, pp. 18-21
Description
Comments on pooling resources to achieve a common goal. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 18.
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Petroglyph Gallery: Authentic Canadian Aboriginal Art

Web Sites » Personal
Author/Creator
Sylvia Bradt
Description
Commercial gallery that includes images and commentary on various masks and carvings; many of the artistic works featured are by people of the Nuxalk Nation of Bella Coola, British Columbia.
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[Print Carver]

Images » Photographs
Description
Appears to be part of a series of images in a slide show about Canada's North. Shows a print carver at work. On slide: "Neighbours, North"
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Pts'aan Jabim: Totem Pole Project

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Grade 6
7
8 students of Gingolx
B.C.
Description
Describes project undertaken in 2000 by a grade 6,7,8 class to carve a totem pole. Site is bilingual Nisga'a and English and includes 4 minute streaming video.
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Qamanittuaq: The Art of Baker Lake

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Nancy Gautsche
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 6, no. 4, Spring, 1991, pp. 19-21
Description
Review of exhibition curated by Marie Routledge with work from 1960's to 1980's by Baker Lake's best known and innovative artists. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 19.
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Qaujimanira: Inuit Art as Autoethnography

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Krista Ulujuk Zawadski
ab-Original, vol. 2, no. 2, The Entangled Gaze, 2018, pp. 151-156
Description
In this conference extract the author examines the history of Inuit art noting the ongoing self-representation in the work; argues that this allows for a high level of agency in Inuit art.
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Qopakualuk Talks About Carvings and Co-ops

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Isah Qopakualuk
Aliva Tulugak
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 3, no. 3, Summer, 1988, pp. 13-15
Description
In brief interview, former carver talks about production and marketing of works. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll down to appropriate page.
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Quabluitok, carver

Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
R.J. Billyard (photographer)
Description
Inuk carver and artisan, Quabluitok; seated on a chair, posing for camera.
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“Rather Unusual Stuff”: Nathan Jackson's Early Advent of a Tlingit Modern

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Christopher T. Green
ab-Original, vol. 2, no. 2, The Entangled Gaze, 2018, pp. 300-326
Description
Article considers the early work of Nathan Jackson and discusses the ways that his paintings, prints, and textile works blend traditional Tlingit designs, patterns, and colour schemes with modernist elements.
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The Raven and the First Men: From Conception to Completion

Alternate Title
UBC Museum of Anthropology Pacific Northwest Sourcebook Series
[MOA Sourcebooks]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Anne Cross
Description
Brief text accompanies numerous photographs of different stages involved in the creation of the sculpture by Bill Reid. Original written in 1990.
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Reconsidering Emily Carr

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Marilyn Baker
Canadian Ethnic Studies, vol. 39, no. 1/2, 2007, pp. 219-224
Description
Reviews 3 books: Unsettling Encounters: First Nations Imagery in the Art of Emily Carr by Gerta Moray. Tsimshian Treasures: The Remarkable Journey of the Dundas edited by Donald Ellis. Emily Carr: New Perspectives on a Canadian Icon Charles C.Hill, Johanne Lamoureux, Ian M. Thom, curators ; essays by Jay Steward and Peter Macnair ... [et al.]
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Review of Art and Expression of the Netsilik

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Dorothy Speak
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 13, no. 2, Summer, 1998, pp. 33-37
Description
Review of an exhibition of 165 sculptures. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 33.
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Rights of Restoration: Aboriginal Peoples, Creative Arts, and Healing

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Linda Archibald
Jonathan Dewar
Carrie Reid
Vanessa Stevens
Canadian Art Therapy Association Journal, vol. 23, no. 2, 2010, pp. 2-17
Description
Survey finds that creative arts make a significant contribution to the safety, development and well-being of the participants.
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Robert Davidson: Abstract Impulse

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Dan Taulapapa McMullin
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 2, no. 2, 2015, pp. 163-164
Description
Book review of: Robert Davidson by Barbara Brotherton, Sheila Farr, and John Haworth.
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Robert Kuptana

Articles » General
Author/Creator
[Clare Porteous-Safford]
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 16, no. 2, Summer, 2001, pp. 34-35
Description
Brief profile of an Inuit carver. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 34.
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Rock, Paper, Scissors

Alternate Title
Canadian Inuit Art in the Cold War
State of the Art ; pt. 2
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Norman Vorano
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 27, no. 4, Winter, 2014, pp. 22-23
Description
Looks at the government's use of a touring exhibition of Inuit art as part of its effort to promote Western values in communist Europe during the Cold War. Part two of a three part series. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 22.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Mary Jane Litchard Baleen Artist

Documents & Presentations
Description
File contains a presentation by Mary Jane Litchard, Baleen Artist. Litchard, an Inuit-Comanche woman from Alaska, discusses her experiences in Canada and issues with the international border, her difficulties transporting the Baleen she works on as a medium across boundaries, language issues, midwifery, tuberculosis and other health issues, prejudice, and the value of community counselling and healing services. Following the presentation is a conversation between Litchard and Commissioners Dussault and Sillet on some of the issues raised.
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A Sacred Object as Text: Reclaiming the Sacred Pole of the Omaha Tribe

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robin Ridington
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 17, no. 1, Winter, 1993, pp. 83-99
Description
Article describes the different layers of meaning embedded in the Sacred Pole of the Omaha people; recounts the narrative of the pole being moved to the Peabody Museum in Cambridge, Massachusetts and the process of repatriation.
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Salomonie Tigulluraq: One of Those Unnoticed Artists

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Maria von Finckenstein
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 16, no. 4, Winter, 2001, pp. 38-42
Description
Brief profile of an artist who was most prolific between 1966 and 1968. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 38.
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Sculpture

Images » Photographs
Description
Photograph of "an Indian Buffalo stone".
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The Sculpture of Sheokjuk Oqutaq

Articles » General
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 4, no. 2, Spring, 1989, pp. 27-30
Description
Compares works produced early in his career to those produced between 1977 and 1982. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll down to appropriate page.
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Sculpture of the Eskimo

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
William E. Taylor
Arctic, vol. 27, no. 1, March 1974, pp. 82-83
Description
Book review: Sculpture of the Eskimo by George Swinton.
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Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1880-'81

E-Books
Author/Creator
J. W. Powell
Description
Report includes the following papers: Report of the Director by J. W. Powell Zuñi Fetiches by Frank Hamilton Cushing Myths of the Iroquois by Erminnie A. Smith Animal Carvings from Mounds of the Mississippi Valley by Henry W. Henshaw Navajo Weavers by Dr. Washington Matthews Art in Shell of the Ancient Americans by William H.
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Sharing the Box of Treasures

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Joyce Gregory Wyels
Americas, vol. 56, no. 1, January/February 2004, pp. 6-15
Description
Provides information about the potlatch ceremony in British Columbia.
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Silas Qayaqjuaq Wants to Share Ideas With Other Artists

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Simeonie Kunnuk
Matthew Fox
Silas Qayaqjuaq
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 10, no. 1, Spring, 1995, pp. 22-25
Description
Interview with a prominent Inuit sculptor. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 22.
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Simeonie Keenalnak: Focused on the Land

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Amy Adams
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 15, no. 4, Winter, 2000, pp. 12-13
Description
Comments on a photographers' work, subject matter and contest awards. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 12.
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Simon Tookoome: "Paper is Most Frustrating"

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Simeonie Kunnuk
Simon Tookoome
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 12, no. 3, Fall, 1997, pp. 24-27
Description
Interview with Baker Lake printmaker and carver. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 24.
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