Perils of the Sea Traveler (PM #61-22-10/39054)
Pitseolak Ashoona (aka Pitseolak, Sea Pigeon) (1904-1983), Inuit, Cape Dorset
Stonecut on paper
1960

Pitseolak Ashoona's work first appeared in the Cape Dorset graphic catalogue in 1960. She was elected to the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts in 1974. Four of her children became artists (Koomwartok, Kaka, Kiawak Ashoona, and Napatchie Pootoogook).

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Photograph by Hillel Burger
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