Book review of: Sculpture of the Inuit by George Swinton.

History in Art Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 1999.

Looks at the history, economics and the quality of soapstone carving.

Describes Inuit ivory carvings from between roughly 1750 and 1948 that were collected by the Museum. Revision of essay first published in Inuit Art Quarterly, 14(4), 1999. Includes brief bibliography.

Comments on people having a physical and spiritual relationship with the environment.

Suggests that artifacts and other raw materials are equally as important as myths and kinships in delivering social messages within the central Inuit culture.

Exhibition mounted at the Canadian Museum of Civilization from October 17, 1996-May 19, 1997 focuses on excavated Dorset artworks, amulets and objects carved mainly from antler and ivory.

Displays 75 items of "bear" themed objects with accompanying information.

Online exhibition of artifacts from the contact-traditional period 1770 to 1948. Includes bibliography.

History of the remote Russian settlement, located on the Chukotka Peninsula, where the Bering Strait meets the Arctic Ocean.

Looks at miniatures as toys and offerings in the context of life and death, and how changing scales are recurrent operations in Inuit cosmology.

Norman Zepp narrates introduction to unique collection of 250 works of art from the Historic, Classic and Contemporary periods. The collection includes archival material of Inuit art and artists with photographs, slides, interviews, correspondence and exhibition catalogues. Collection has been certified as Canadian cultural property recognizing the collection for its outstanding significance and national importance. Duration:18:22.