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Tundra scene

(Canadian (Inuit), born in 1932)
1994
Object PlaceBaker Lake, Nunavut, Canada
Medium/TechniqueWool plain weave, wool felt, emboidered with cotton threads
DimensionsOverall: 129.5 × 134.6 cm (51 × 53 in.)
Credit LineGift of Joyce W. and P. Frederick Sparling
Accession number2019.609
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTextiles
Provenance1994, sold, possibly by the artist, to Marie Bouchard, Baker Lake, Nunavut and Winnipeg, Manitoba; 2008, sold by Marie Bouchard to Fred and Joyce Sparling, Pittsboro, NC; 2019, gift of Fred and Joyce Sparling to the MFA. (Accession date: June 19, 2019)
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