Nungusuituq prints of Inuit life

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Summary: This collection includes 21 photomechanical prints of drawings by Nungusuituq (Enooesweetok) from 1913-1915 among the Inuit community in Hudson Bay.

Citation: Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Nungusuituq prints of Inuit life, image #, NMAI.AC.230; National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.

Processing Information: Collection processed by Mattie Lewis, Archives Technician in 2024.

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Scope and Contents: This collection contains twenty-one 9.5 in. x 6 in. photomechanical prints of drawings created by Nungusuituq (1890-1950), who the publisher credited as Enooesweetok. Nungusuituq served as a local expert and guide on Robert J. Flaherty's expeditions to Hudson Bay and Baffin Island on behalf of Sir William Mackenzie. He was not naturally inclined to draw, but was ordered by Flaherty to create the sketches during a 1913-1914 expedition. Flaherty made prints from the original drawings and published them in 1915. The drawings capture everyday life for the Inuit people and are similar to traditional Inuit carvings on antlers. Items are numbered P03048-P03068.

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