Inside our Tupik
Name/Title
Inside our TupikDescription
Stonecut and stencil work depicting two groups of people sleeping within a tupik, as viewed from above. The outline of the tupik is in red, and appears to be depicting two nearly separate areas. Inside are depictions of animal skins laid out flat, with figures bundled up on top of the skins. On the skins in the room to the right are two figures, each individually bundled and on their own animal skin; in the room on the left is one person bundled alone and three people, one of which is likely a small child, bundled up, all on a single large skin. Each of the rooms has an "opening" above, which appears to depict the sun or a sunny day viewed through the opening. There are tools depicted above the sleeping figures.Artwork Details
Medium
Stonecut and StencilSubject
A rendering of Inuit life depicting figures sleeping within a tupik (a traditional Inuit summer dwelling made of seal or caribou skins).Made/Created
Artist
Ulayu PingwartokDate made
1977Place
Native American / First Nations community
KinngaitState/Province
NunavutCountry
CanadaContinent
North AmericaEthnography
Cultural Region
Region
Subarctic and ArcticCulture/Tribe
Inuit
First Nation, Native American