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Three Tattooed Women's Heads with Ulus & One Fish

MOA: University of British Columbia

3497/3

Drawing of three identical human faces and a fish, done in two rows of two. Top row has a face and the fish, bottom row has two faces. Faces are drawn horizontally, looking towards the right side of the paper. Eyes are oval-shaped, noses are long and thin, and mouths are open and oval-shaped. All have linear tattoos. There are three horizontal lines across the nose; three lines radiate out in a fan-like shape from the bottom of the mouth; and three lines on each side radiate out from the top of the nose across the forehead. Designs done in dark blue. They each have a yellow and blue ulu next to their face, and each face is outlined in a different colour, red, yellow and dark blue. The fish is facing towards the left, done in light blue, with a red eye. Syllabics written along the bottom centre in dark green. Pencil inscription on back, in bottom right corner.

  • Type of Item drawing
  • Culture Inuit
  • Measurements height 56.8 cm, width 76.4 cm (overall)
  • Creator Luke Anguhadluq
  • Previous Owner Rosa Ho, David Garner
  • Received from David Garner
  • Made in Baker Lake, Qamanittuaq
  • Creation Date during 1977
  • Ownership Date before 2001, before June 4, 2021
  • Acquisition Date on June 4, 2021
  • Item Classes works on paper
  • Condition good
  • Accession Number 3497/0003

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