Mother and Child in Front of Bear Hide Drawing Owned mukluks and other souvenirs

mukluks and other souvenirs

Hand- and machine-embroidered

Her work can be found in the collections of the Art Gallery of Burlington

11 × 8 × 0

Based on the life of co-author Jenny Kay Dupuis’ grandmother

Mother and Child in Front of Bear Hide Drawing Owned mukluks and other souvenirsA smiling mother carries her child in an amauti a parka with a built in pouch under the hood on the back, designed to cradle a baby as they stand in front of a polar bear hide. 1995 00 Coloured pencil, ink 66. 3 x 50. 7 cm Registration no. 032 5601 Napachie Pootoogook (1938 2002) Born at Sako, a traditional Inuit camp on the Southwest coast of Baffin Island, Northwest Territories, Napachie Pootoogook is the daughter of one of Inuit arts most important