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Nunavut Inuit art
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Photograph of a handmade fur doll

Item is a photographic slide depicting a handmade fur doll posed on some snow. The doll was photographed in Port Burwell, Northwest Territories (now Killiniq, Nunavut).

Photograph of two men posing with a carving

Item is a photographic slide depicting a man with a white coat and a man with a red coat and glasses posing with their hands on their faces. The men are imitating the pose of a carving that is sitting between them. The photograph was taken in Cape Dorset, Northwest Territories (now Nunavut).

Slides of northern rocks, flowers, and carvings

File contains 40 slides of photographs taken by Rosemary Gilliat during a trip to the eastern Canadian Arctic with Barbara Hinds in 1960. The photographs were taken in Cape Dorset, George River (Kangiqsualujjuaq), Port Burwell (Killiniq), and other locations in the eastern Canadian Arctic. The location of many of the photographs is not indicated. The slides show rock formations, vegetation on the tundra, Inuit sculptures, and other Inuit handicrafts.

Eaton, Rosemary C. (Gilliat)

Tactile Eskimo art

File consists of records related to the exhibition of Inuit carvings, presented at Dalhousie Art Gallery from June 12 - 23, 1974.

Records consist of correspondence between Ernest Smith (Director, Dalhousie Are Gallery) and L. Legge (Principal, Halifax School for the Blind) and between Anne Nurse-Richardson and Keith Garwood, a letter from Keith Garwood with an accompanying background note, a letter to L. Legge (Principal, Halifax School for the Blind) from G. Abrahamson (Chief, Social Development Division), and shipping receipt.

The tactile eskimo art collection

File consists of a catalogue for an exhibition of Inuit carvings. The exhibition was presented at Dalhousie Art Gallery in June 1974.

Catalogue contains an introduction and visual description of the artworks written by Gilles and Leslie Duplantie, as well as names, artists, and technical descriptions of each carving.