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Canadian Inuit sculpture .: R72-208/1989-PDF

"The people of the Thule culture (ancestors of today's Inuit) migrated from northern Alaska around 1,000 A.D. and drove or wiped out the earlier Dorset inhabitants. Thule art was based on Alaskan prototypes; it included some human and animal figures, but consisted primarily of the graphic embellishment of utilitarian objects such as combs, needle cases, harpoon toggles and gaming pieces. The decorative or figurative incised markings on these objects do not seem to have had religious significance"--p. 2.

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Publication information
Department/Agency
  • Canada. Indian and Northern Affairs Canada.
TitleCanadian Inuit sculpture .
Variant title
  • Sculpture inuit canadienne
Publication typeMonograph
LanguageBilingual-[English | French]
Other language editions[Japanese], [German]
FormatDigital text
Electronic document
Parallel description[French]
Note(s)
  • Title from cover.
  • Title on added title page: La sculpture inuit canadienne.
  • Digitized edition from print [produced by Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada].
  • Text in English and French with separate title pages, French text follows English text.
Publishing information
  • Ottawa : Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, c1988.
Description18, 18 p. : maps, photographs
Catalogue number
  • R72-208/1989-PDF
Departmental catalogue numberQS-8422-000-BB-A1
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