- Ethnohistorical collection
Doll
A scene from Arctic life depicting a father, his wife and their child returning from seal hunting. Mounted on a wild rye mat.
- Accession Number 2021.59.14
- Date 1980
- Materials bones, caribou skin, hide, fiber, fiber, cotton, fiber, wool, fur, rat-musk, leaf, sand rye, skin, seal, stone, soapstone
- Measurements 18 x 28 x 12 cm
Historical context
Ce diorama met en scène un couple inuit revenant de la chasse au phoque. Il expose une activité de la vie telle que pratiquée autrefois ainsi que les traditions vestimentaires de cette nation. Afin de réaliser ce genre de pièce, les artistes se doivent de maitriser plusieurs techniques, soit la vannerie, la sculpture sur pierre, la transformation du cuir et de la fourrure ainsi que la couture. La base en vannerie servant à supporter...
- Accession Number 2021.59.14
- Date 1980
- Materials bones, caribou skin, hide, fiber, fiber, cotton, fiber, wool, fur, rat-musk, leaf, sand rye, skin, seal, stone, soapstone
- Measurements 18 x 28 x 12 cm
© © Collection Pointe-à-Callière, don de Jacques Lacaille, 2021.059.014
Photo by Michel Pinault
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