Malaya Akulukjuk, Inuit, and others
Wall hanging entitled ‘Strongest Man’
Inuit, 1993
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- Artist/Maker: Malaya Akulukjuk
- Culture: Inuit
- Artist: Geeteetah Kunilusie
Wall hanging entitled ‘Strongest Man’
Inuit, 1993
Physical Qualities
Wool, dyes, burlap, thread, 32 1/16 × 40 3/16 in. (81.5 × 102 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Iris Lipkowitz, Washington, D.C.
Object Number
1998.486
Standing human figure holding a rope with a seated person at each end; 2-sided tapestry weaving depicting blue sky, teal ground, and three figures in hooded parkas, pants, kamiks
Uqqurmiut Centre for Arts & Crafts sold tapestry to Guild Shop, 118 Cumberland Street, Toronto, Ontario on July 1, 1988.
'The Pangnirtung Tapestries', by Charlotte and Edward Lindgren, in 'Inuit Art: an Anthology', Winnipeg, Manitoba, 1988
Inscribed: Bottom reverse, left: Inuktitut syllabics. Bottom reverse right: '#343 Strongest Man Malaya Akulukjuk/Geeteetah Kunilusie Pangnirtung NWT Canada 39 1/2 x 32 1/2 1/10 [copyright symbol]'
