Painted Wooden Plaques from the MacFarlane Collection: The Earliest Inuvialuit Graphic Art

In the 1860s, fur trader Roderick MacFarlane amassed a large ethnographic and zoological collection from the western Canadian Arctic, mainly on behalf of the Smithsonian Institution. Among the many items collected are eight hand-sized wooden plaques bearing incised polychrome scenes of traditional I...

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Main Author: Morrison, David
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Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2009
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spelling ftunivcalgaryojs:oai:journalhosting.ucalgary.ca:article/63345 2025-06-15T14:15:10+00:00 Painted Wooden Plaques from the MacFarlane Collection: The Earliest Inuvialuit Graphic Art Morrison, David 2009-12-16 application/pdf https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/63345 eng eng The Arctic Institute of North America https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/63345/47282 https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/63345 ARCTIC; Vol. 59 No. 4 (2006): December: 351–463; 351-360 1923-1245 0004-0843 Mackenzie Inuit Inuvialuit Inuit art Inuit history Hudson’s Bay Company Smithsonian Institution Roderick MacFarlane Émile Petitot Fort Anderson fur trade Inuits du Mackenzie art inuit histoire des Inuits Compagnie de la Baie d’Hudson commerce des fourrures info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion research-article 2009 ftunivcalgaryojs 2025-05-27T03:29:43Z In the 1860s, fur trader Roderick MacFarlane amassed a large ethnographic and zoological collection from the western Canadian Arctic, mainly on behalf of the Smithsonian Institution. Among the many items collected are eight hand-sized wooden plaques bearing incised polychrome scenes of traditional Inuvialuit (Mackenzie Inuit) life. The earliest significant examples of Inuvialuit graphic art in existence, these pieces provide a unique perspective on Inuvialuit culture and history at a critical period: during the first generation of sustained European contact. Dans les années 1860, Roderick MacFarlane, commerçant en fourrures, a recueilli une grande collection d’objets ethnographiques et zoologiques de l’ouest de l’Arctique canadien, surtout au nom du Smithsonian Institution. Parmi les nombreux articles qu’il a recueillis se trouvent huit plaques format de poche portant des gravures polychromes de scènes représentant la vie traditionnelle des Inuvialuits (les Inuits du Mackenzie). Ces oeuvres représentent les premiers exemples importants d’art graphique des Inuvialuits et à ce titre, elles offrent une perspective unique sur la culture et l’histoire des Inuvialuits à une période critique : pendant la première génération de contact soutenu avec les Européens. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic inuit inuits Inuvialuit Unknown Arctic ARCTIC 59 4
spellingShingle Mackenzie Inuit
Inuvialuit
Inuit art
Inuit history
Hudson’s Bay Company
Smithsonian Institution
Roderick MacFarlane
Émile Petitot
Fort Anderson
fur trade
Inuits du Mackenzie
art inuit
histoire des Inuits
Compagnie de la Baie d’Hudson
commerce des fourrures
Morrison, David
Painted Wooden Plaques from the MacFarlane Collection: The Earliest Inuvialuit Graphic Art
title Painted Wooden Plaques from the MacFarlane Collection: The Earliest Inuvialuit Graphic Art
title_full Painted Wooden Plaques from the MacFarlane Collection: The Earliest Inuvialuit Graphic Art
title_fullStr Painted Wooden Plaques from the MacFarlane Collection: The Earliest Inuvialuit Graphic Art
title_full_unstemmed Painted Wooden Plaques from the MacFarlane Collection: The Earliest Inuvialuit Graphic Art
title_short Painted Wooden Plaques from the MacFarlane Collection: The Earliest Inuvialuit Graphic Art
title_sort painted wooden plaques from the macfarlane collection: the earliest inuvialuit graphic art
topic Mackenzie Inuit
Inuvialuit
Inuit art
Inuit history
Hudson’s Bay Company
Smithsonian Institution
Roderick MacFarlane
Émile Petitot
Fort Anderson
fur trade
Inuits du Mackenzie
art inuit
histoire des Inuits
Compagnie de la Baie d’Hudson
commerce des fourrures
topic_facet Mackenzie Inuit
Inuvialuit
Inuit art
Inuit history
Hudson’s Bay Company
Smithsonian Institution
Roderick MacFarlane
Émile Petitot
Fort Anderson
fur trade
Inuits du Mackenzie
art inuit
histoire des Inuits
Compagnie de la Baie d’Hudson
commerce des fourrures
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