To return the collection closer to its home, you might consider contacting the Inuit Gallery at the Winnipeg Art Gallery: http://inuit.wag.ca/ David Hill-Turner Researcher/Curator On 6 March 2018 at 09:32, Anna Cannizzo <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hello Listers! > > The Oshkosh Public Museum was offered a collection of Inuit artwork and > had to decline it as it does not fit our mission. The donor is having > trouble finding a potential home to consider the collection and asked me > for assistance in reaching out to the wider museum community. If anyone's > institution would be interested in considering this collection, please > contact me off-list for the donor's contact information ( > [log in to unmask]). The donor provided the following list of > material: > > Textiles: > - An Inuit seal-skin bag(purse) with an arctic fox face and ivory > toggle (from Greenland, 1940s) > - An Inuit seal fur doll, 1950s, Kings Island, Alaska > > Stone-cut Prints: > - Polar Bear with Seal, 1962 by Juanisialuk Irqumia, Povengnituk Coop > Society, Quebec Canada 1962 (edition 22/25) > - Woman with Seal, 1963 by Irgumia (above) (edition 29/30) > -Man Going After Bear with Dogs, 1979 by Isah Papialuk/Anna Amamatuak > (edition 20/50) > -Eskimo Drying Fish by Agnes Nanogak > -Eskimo Pulling Seal by H. Napartuk > - Returning from the Hunt by H. Napartuk > -Eskimo at Seal Hole by H. Napartuk > -Eskimo and Beluga by H. Napartuk > -Eskimo Woman Fishing by H. Napartuk > -Eskimo with Dog Sled by H. Napartuk (rare small piece---conserved) > - Eskimo in Boat Hunting Walrus by H. Napartuk (conserved) > > Sculpture: > -Inuit Hunter and Seals Group on a slab of granite (artist unknown but > from Sanikiluaq...there is a Canadian government disc number on the bottom) > - Man and Seal from Sanikiluaq (Belcher Island) Artiest signature in > bottom ends in "urok". Igloo tag on bottom is earlier version of those > first used in 1959. Estimate is from early 1960s. > -Seal Sculpture by Shovia Eyiatuk, Belcher Island > -Larger Seal Sculpture in marble (named and signed in Inuit) > -Inuit Seagull Sculpture (very old with coop number on side) Unknown > artist. > -Otter Sculpture signed on bottom by artist in Inuit (I have not had > the artist identified by Smithsonian) This one is highly detailed. > > Regards, > > Anna Cannizzo > Durow Curator of Collections and Decorative Art > Oshkosh Public Museum > > ========================================================= > Important Subscriber Information: > > The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/ > museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv > commands by sending a one line e-mail message to > [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" > (without the quotes). > > If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to > [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read > "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes). > ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).