Animal Kingdom

Kenojuak Ashevak

Publisher West Baffin Eskimo Cooperative in Cape Dorset Canadian

1967

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Title: Animal Kingdom
Artist: Kenojuak Ashevak (Inuit, Ikirasaqa, Baffin Island, Northwest Territories 1927–2013 Cape Dorset, Nunavut)
Publisher: West Baffin Eskimo Cooperative in Cape Dorset
Date: 1967
Medium: Engraving printed in brown ink; proof 1
Dimensions: Plate: 8 3/4 × 11 15/16 in. (22.2 × 30.3 cm)
Sheet: 13 × 16 in. (33 × 40.6 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James A. Houston, 1978
Object Number: 1978.654.4
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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