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Maker(s):Ashevak, Kenojuak
Culture:Inuit; Kinngait (1927 - 2013)
Title:Birds Attacking the Summer Tents
Date Made:1962
Type:Drawing
Materials:pencil on white wove paper
Place Made:Nanavut; Kinngait (Cape Dorset)
Measurements:sheet: 16 3/8 x 20 15/16 in.; 41.5925 x 53.1813 cm
Narrative Inscription:  signed and dated in pencil at lower right: Kenojuak 1962
Accession Number:  SC 1979.35.13
Credit Line:Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James A. Houston (Alice Watson, class of 1959)
Museum Collection:  Smith College Museum of Art
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Description:
man holding two tents with a third behind them and a man standing next to it, two animals between them. all being attacked by fanciful birds

Tags:
birds; men; architecture; exterior; fantasy

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Ashevak, Kenojuak
Canadian; Inuit (1927 - 2013)
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