The Legend Of The Old Grandmother Being Taken By The White Whale
Object Details
- Culture/People
- Inuit [Povungnituk/Puvirnituq]
- Artist/Maker
- Peter Qumalu Assappa (Assappa Assappa/Qumalu Assappa/POV Assappa/Koomaluk Assappa/Qumaluk Assappa), Inuit [Povungnituk/Puvirnituq], b. 1935 and Annie Amamatuak (Passauralu Amamatuak/Alasua Amamatuak/Amamartua Amamatuak/Amatuak Amamatuak), Inuit [Povungnituk/Puvirnituq], b. 1933
- Previous owner
- John W. Douglas, Non-Indian, 1941-1998
- Donor
- John W. Douglas, Non-Indian, 1941-1998
- Collection History
- Formerly in the collection of Inuit art collector John W. Douglas (1941-1998); donated to NMAI by representatives of the John Douglas estate in 1999.
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- Date created
- 1973
- Catalog Number
- 25/4834
- Barcode
- 254834.000
- Object Type
- Painting/Drawing/Print
- Title
- The Legend Of The Old Grandmother Being Taken By The White Whale
- Object Name
- Media/Materials
- Paper, ink
- Techniques
- Printed
- Dimensions
- 74 x 58 cm
- Place
- Puvirnituq (Povungnituk); Nord du Québec Region (Nunavik); Québec; Canada (inferred)
- See related items
- Inuit [Povungnituk/Puvirnituq]
- Painting/Drawing/Print
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Record ID
- NMAI_270699
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6a219d917-e1a1-4346-a35a-fc2d2d07acbe
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