1924 - 1971

Oodlooriak Manning

Oodlooriak Manning, daughter of Peter Pitseolak, was born at Okialivialuk camp in 1924. She had two sons with Tommy Manning, a Hudson's Bay Company worker: Johnny and Jimmy. Oodlooriak was only active as an artist for a brief period of time, and is responsible for the 1960 stonecut and stencil print of Undersea Beast.

Media: Graphite, Coloured Pencil, Felt-tip Pen

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A large bird with both wings outstretched and owl-like facial features with a long undulating shape rising from its head stands in the middle of the page. Scene presented in a two-dimensional style using grey.

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Scene depicting a group of five imaginary hybrid creatures and a group of three human figures building an igloo in the top right corner. Presented in a two-dimensional style using grey.

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A group of five imaginary creatures including a stylized elephant in the bottom left corner and a human-like figure with multiple limbs and tiny heads on the end of six of them in the centre of the page. Scene presented in a two-dimensional style using grey.

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A stylized bird with long

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A group of five sea creatures. Three of them have long snouts without teeth and the other two have shorter snouts and large teeth. Scene presented in a two-dimensional style using grey.

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A large dog-like creature stands beside a human figure on the top of a round hill. Scene presented in a two-dimensional style using grey.

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Scene depicting three large birds with music notes floating around their heads

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Figure with three large human heads

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Imaginary human figure with long

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Scene depicting two groups of imaginary

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Scene depicting a row of three birds with thin wings and human heads holding up three other imaginary human figure with thin bodies and long pointy noses. Scene presented in a two-dimensional style using grey.

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Two stylized birds of very different sizes facing each other. Scene presented in a two-dimensional style using grey.

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