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E2545-01B - Painted Wood PlaqueBack

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Description

Illustration on a wood plaque, created by incising lines into the surface and then adding red and black pigments, probably ochre and charcoal. The illustration shows a bowhead whale hunting scene, with five people in an umiaq pursuing a bowhead whale. In the front of the umiaq a standing figure appears about to throw a harpoon towards the whale. The umiaq is being propelled by three seated people, and another figure standing at the back is steering with a steering oar.

  • Collection: Macfarlane Collection
  • Catalogue Number: E2545-01B
  • Object Type: graphic art
  • Materials: wood, ochre, charcoal
  • Manufacturing Techniques: staining, incising
  • Tags: art, sea mammal hunting

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