Kingaliks
Artist
Gender
Male
Style
Inuit
Community
Art Type
Print
Collection
Ulukhaktok (Holman) 1997
Medium
Lithograph on Arches White paper
Edition
Certified Limited Edition Print # 23 of 35 printed by Peter Palvik
Size (in)
Paper (H x W): 15 x 22 in
Size (cm)
Paper (H x W): 38 x 55 cm
Framed
Not Framed, please enquire
Product ID
10200-00017
$275.00
Available
Description
Condition: No condition to report.
Description by Artist: No description by artist found.
Notes from DaVic Gallery: The eider duck, is known in the Arctic as kingaliks (male) and mitiinnaq (female). These birds are both nutritionally and culturally rich as an important component of a northern diet and celebration events. Each spring the birds migrate following open water leads and pass directly by the shores of the community. This migration route is normally predictable and brings them near enough to the edge of the ice where they become more easily accessible to hunters. This can be a bountiful season for many hunters, some harvesting as many as 100 ducks to last the year.