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Wall hanging

(Canadian (Inuit), born in 1930)
2002
Object PlaceBaker Lake, Nunavut, Canada
Medium/TechniqueWool plain weave, appliqued and embroidered with cotton threads
DimensionsOverall: 94 × 152.4 cm (37 × 60 in.)
Credit LineGift of Joyce W. and P. Frederick Sparling
Accession number2019.611
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTextiles
ProvenanceFebruary 1, 2004, sold by Spirit Wrestler Gallery, Vancouver, 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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