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Eskimo hunters chisel soapstone carvings representing their northern life
Eskimo hunters chisel soapstone carvings representing their northern life

Eskimo hunters chisel soapstone carvings representing their northern life

Date9/28/1965
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Original Toronto Star caption: Eskimo hunters chisel soapstone carvings representing their northern life. Joaniapik; left; and Isah Qumaluk Sheeguapik workat craft. Profits help raise Eskimo living standards.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0103612F
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      Brennan, Pat
      11/8/1983
      Exquisite work Stanley Hill of the Six Nations reserve of Brantford, artist whose bone carvings are on exhibit at the Christel Galleries of Fine Art, (...)
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      Dunlop, Al
      4/8/1981
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      Bill Dendy: Author and architectural historian with relief carvings outside post office building on Bay St.
      Spremo, Boris
      6/29/1987
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      Faught, Ken
      4/29/1985
      Text in varied font type, framed with a line border. Small illustration of maker's mark or shie…
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      John Walter & Sons
      Approximately 1900s
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      Harpur, Tom
      n.d.
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      Spremo, Boris
      4/28/1986
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