Tundra scene
Ruth Qaulluaryuk Nuilaalik
(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 viewClassificationsTextiles
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)
second half of the 18th century
late 19th century/early 20th century
A.D. 1000–1476
late 18th to early 19th century