MS 1988-27 Inuit drawings and prints
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: NAA MS 1988-27
name: label: Collector
content: Hirshhorn, Joseph H.
place: label: Place
content: Cape Dorset (Nunavut)
label: Place
content: North America
label: Place
content: Arctic regions
creator: label: Collector
content: Hirshhorn, Joseph H.
culture: label: Culture
content: Inuit
bioghist: label: Historical Note
content: Cape Dorset is an Inuit community located on Dorset Island in the Qikiqtaaluk region of Nunavut, Canada. Since the 1950s, Cape Dorset, often called the "Capital of Inuit Art," has been a center for Inuit artists, especially in the areas of drawing, printmaking, and carving.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Prints (color woodblock)
label: Extent
content: 8 Drawings (visual works) (crayon and pencil)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1963-1966
container: label: Container
content: Folder 1988-27
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: The items in this collection were collected by Joseph H. Hirshhorn and comprised a small portion of his bequest to the Smithsonian Institution.  They were transferred from Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden to the Department of Anthropology as part of a larger collection of nearly 700 archaeological and ethnological items in April 1986 (Accession 370312).  This collection was transferred from the object collections of the Department of Anthropology to the National Anthropological Archives in August 1988.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS1988-27
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Graphic Materials
label: Type
content: Prints
label: Type
content: Drawings (visual works)
label: Type
content: Works of art
label: Type
content: Drawings
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Works of art
label: Genre/Form
content: Drawings
label: Genre/Form
content: Prints
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection consists of two (2) color woodblock prints and eight (8) crayon and pencil drawings made by Inuit residents of Cape Dorset in Nunavut territory, Canada, from 1963-1966. The prints and drawings depict traditional Inuit subjects, including birds, bears, fish and hunting scenes.  Many of the items are labeled with titles, dates, and artists' names.

Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today. The information within this collection does not reflect the views of the Smithsonian Institution or National Anthropological Archives, but is available in its original form to facilitate research.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: The Department of Anthropology object collections holds materials transferred from the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Accession 370312.