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On this site you can search through over 81,000 works by Kinngait (Cape Dorset) artists from the Cape Dorset Archive at the McMichael Canadian Art Collection.

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The hazards of the Inuit’s Land 12 Artwork(s)

Valentin

Imaginary scene depicting a woman in the back of a canoe and a man in the front of the canoe reaching for a club that is in the air just above him. Scene presented in a two-dimensional style and using brown
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Animals 10 Artwork(s)

Ms. Jane

Two seals swiming just below a large piece of ice while a polar bear stands on top of the ice. All three animals fact towards a round opening in the ice. Scene presented in a two-dimensional style and using brown
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INUIT EXHIBITION NICO & SALOME 8 Artwork(s)

Salome

Scene depicting an Inukt standing beside an opening in the sea ice with a harpoon and rope while two seals swim just benath the ice. Scene presented in a two-dimensional style and using blue
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Best Animals of the First Nations 2020 15 Artwork(s)

AugustaMableySim

Symmetrical design depicting a stylized owl with a dooted pattern on its boddy and long fancy feathers on its wings and head. Presented in a two-dimensional style and using red
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Animals spirit and real 15 Artwork(s)

Tereasa

There is a large bird with a leg for a tail facing a smaller bird and a rabbit that share a similar pattern on their bodies on the left side of the page next to another bird with large rounded feathers all over on the right side of the page. They are depicted in a flat
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Solene’s Fantastic Animals by the First Nations Artists 15 Artwork(s)

SoleneMableySim

Imaginary scene depicting a stylized boat with seven fish surrounding the ship and connected by ropes and colourful strings of beads. Scene presented in a two-dimensional style and using blue
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L’art Inuit 5 Artwork(s)

P4JS

Two seals swiming just below a large piece of ice while a polar bear stands on top of the ice. All three animals fact towards a round opening in the ice. Scene presented in a two-dimensional style and using brown
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