An Introduction to the Arts of the Western Arctic

• Main Author: Berlo, Janet Catherine
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Inuit Art Foundation 2007
• Subjects: Peter Aliknak; Holman; George Okheena; Angus Kaanerk Cockney; Tuktoyaktuk; Paulatuk; David Ruben Piqtoukun; Abraham Anghik; Mabel Nigiyok; seal skin tapestries; trade cloth parka; printmaking; sculpture; clothing; Alec Banksland; Arctic; Mabel; Parka; The Needle; inuit
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1802/4368

This article begins with a brief historical overview of the contact between Inuit communities in the Canadian western arctic region and southern anthropologists. Following the introduction, the article is divided into three sections: 'Sculpture,' 'Arts of the Needle: Skin, Fur and Clo...