Bird Spirits
Bird Spirits

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Bird Spirits,

1960

Napatchie Pootoogook ᓇᐸᓯ ᐳᑐᒍ, Inuit, 1938–2002; born Sarruq Island Camp, Canada; active and died Kinngait [Cape Dorset], Canada
Printmaker: Joanassie Salamonie, Inuit, 1938–1998; active Kinngait [Cape Dorset], Canada
2025-259

Information

Title
Bird Spirits
Dates

1960

Maker
Napatchie Pootoogook ᓇᐸᓯ ᐳᑐᒍ
Printmaker: Joanassie Salamonie
Medium
Stonecut
Dimensions
46.4 × 54.6 cm (18 1/4 × 21 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Scott White, Class of 1973
Object Number
2025-259
Signatures
Stamped, bottom right
Inscription
Along bottom, in graphite: Bird Spirits | Stone Cut 10/50 | Cape Dorset Baffin Island | 1960 |Napachie
Culture
Native American, Inuit, inuit
Type
prints

[Waddington’s, Toronto, The Canada Auction Series: Inuit Art, June 1, 2023, Lot 169]; purchased by Scott White, Rockville, MD; gifted to the Princeton University Art Museum, October 2025.

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