Ajuttaqtut (Tossing Game)

MOA: University of British Columbia

3123/9

Stonecut print on paper. Three women are shown running while playing a tossing game. The images are mainly linear, drawn in black. All wear parkas with hoods, braided hair streaming behind them. The girl at front holds a yellow ball in a sling. The two chasing hold empty slings in mittened hands to the rear, with front hands held out in a grabbing position, each holding the mitten in her mouth.


  • Type of Item print
  • Culture Inuit
  • Measurements height 51.0 cm, width 79.0 cm (image) height 54.5 cm, width 82.5 cm (overall)

  • Creator Iyola Kingwatsiak, Pee Mikkigak
  • Previous Owner Cornelia Hahn Oberlander
  • Received from Cornelia Hahn Oberlander

  • Made in Cape Dorset, Kinngait

  • Creation Date during 1993
  • Ownership Date before July 22, 2015
  • Acquisition Date on July 22, 2015

  • Item Classes works on paper
  • Condition good
  • Accession Number 3123/0009