Wall hanging
Jessie Oonark
(Canadian (Inuit), 1906–1985)
1972
Object PlaceBaker Lake, Nunavut, Canada
Medium/TechniqueFelted wool, plain weave wool, appliqued and embroidered with cotton threads
DimensionsHeight x width: 138.4 × 86.4 cm (54 1/2 × 34 in.)
Credit LineGift of Joyce W. and P. Frederick Sparling
Accession number2019.606
On View
Not on viewClassificationsTextiles
InscriptionsSigned in syllabicsProvenance1982, sold by Raven Gallery, Minneapolis, to Robert and Ilene Bilan, Winnipeg, Manitoba; February 2011, sold by Robert and Irene Bilan, through Marie Bouchard, Winnipeg, to Fred and Joyce Sparling, Pittsboro, NC; 2019, gift of Fred and Joyce Sparling to the MFA. (Accession date: June 19, 2019)
late 19th or early 20th centuries
second half of the 18th century
19th century
19th century
late 19th century/early 20th century