Ivory

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

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

Discusses the responsibility of the art collector to source out the history of the piece. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 16.

Profile of a prominent ivory engraver and carver. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to page 26.

Profile of a prominent carver. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 28.

Brief article highlights objects collected by J. Dewey Soper during the summer of 1926. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to p. 20.

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. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 28.

Brief profile of the artist followed by photographs of some of his work. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 44.

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.

Curator of the exhibition responds to criticism about the way items were displayed. For example, a carving of a kayak beside the actual object. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to p. 10.

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.

Brief description of three communities and their artists. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 38.

Book review of: Northern Rock by Susan Gustavison. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 46.

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.

Book review of catalogue for exhibition of the same name. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p. 48.

Brief article deals with objects thought to be acquired between 1894 and 1902 by E.J. Peck. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to p. 36.

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.