Waiting for Husband, Art Hanging
| Type: | Artwork |
|---|---|
| Object Name: | Art Hanging |
| Title: | Waiting for Husband |
| Maker: | Janet Anautilik Nungnik |
| Place Made: | North America: Canada, Northern Canada, Nunavut, Baker Lake |
| People: | Inuit |
| Period: | Late 20th century |
| Date: | 1992 |
| Dimensions: | L 87 cm x W 70 cm |
| Materials: | Wool; glass bead |
| Techniques: | Felted; appliquéd; embroidered |
| ID Number: | T96.0059 |
| Credit: | Gift of Enid Rae MacLachlan |
A mother with her child on her back looks out from a river’s edge, waiting for her husband to return. The husband can be seen in the distance, sitting in a kayak. The artist appliquéd felted wool cloth, called Stroud cloth, on a wool background to represent the figures, and embellished them with bead embroidery and feather stitch embroidery to suggest the colours and textures of the Arctic tundra in the fall.
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