Man and Wife Cleaning Polar Bear Skin Print

A couple works together to prepare a polar bear hide, reflecting the shared labor and deep respect for the land in Inuit tradition.

1994
Edition 8 of 35
Stencil
12 x 17.5"

Artist - Annie Kilabuk

Printmaker - Jacoposie Tiglik

Annie Kilabuk was born in 1932 in Qimmisuuq camp, Baffin Island. Her mother was Natanine from Kinngait (Cape Dorset). Annie was thirty-six when she settled in Panniqtuuq as one of the earliest permanent residents from among a group of elders who had spent their formative years in nomadic camps. 

In 1968, after settling in Panniqtuuq, Annie began drawing on paper, using coloured pencil, charcoal and felt-tipped pen. A self-taught artist, Annie noted that her approach to drawing was more like a process of storytelling. All of Annie’s works on paper depict different aspects of Inuit life, lore, tradition and imagination. 

Annie’s works have been used for prints that have been included in the annual Pangnirtung Print Collection and twenty-five of her drawings have been used for tapestries produced by the weavers who work in the Pangnirtung Tapestry Studio. 

Jacoposie Tiglik is an Inuk artist and printmaker. He is a member of the Pangnirtung community in Nunavut and is known for both lino-cut prints and stone carvings.