In the Wake of the Whale

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Date created: 2002

Culture/People: Inuit [Cape Dorset/Kinngait]
Artist/Maker: Arnaqu Ashevak (Arnaquq Ashevak/Annaco Ashevak/Annago Ashevak), Inuit [Cape Dorset/Kinngait], 1956-2009
Previous seller: Spirit Wrestler Gallery
Previous owner: R. E. Mansfield (Richard E. Mansfield), Non-Indian, 1937-2007
Donor: R. E. Mansfield (Richard E. Mansfield), Non-Indian, 1937-2007

Collection History: Purchased by R.E. Mansfield (1937-2007) from the Spirit Wrestler Gallery (Vancouver, British Columbia) in 2004; donated to NMAI by R.E. Mansfield in 2005.
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Place: Cape Dorset (Kingait, Kinngait, Kingnait); Qikiqtaaluk Region (Qitirmiut, Baffin); Nunavut; Canada
Archipelago: Canadian Arctic Archipelago
Island Name: Dorset Island
Island Grouping: Baffin Island Group

See related items: Inuit [Cape Dorset/Kinngait]; Painting/Drawing/Print

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 26/4403
Barcode: 264403.000

Object Type: Painting/Drawing/Print

Title: In the Wake of the Whale
Object Name: Print
Media/Materials: Paper, ink
Techniques: Lithographed, stenciled
Dimensions: 63 x 72 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws67e38c7e9-34bb-4b9a-ba21-dad6e07dc628

Record ID: NMAI_280605