Eskimo carving of seal, National Film Board of Canada. Photographed by Gar Lunney
The Press December 22 1964
The Press Wednesday 30 December 1964
Letter to the Press 4 January 1965
This exhibition is now closed
Through the office of the High Commissioner for Canada, 85 stone carvings of men, animals, birds and fish and 30 prints on stone and sealskins were brought to New Zealand. The prints came from Cape Dorset, a small village on the south western shore of Baffin Island in the Northwest Territories, where a craft centre was established by the Canadian Department of Northern Affairs and National Resources. It had been set up to develop local art and craft, Cape Dorset having had a long-established reputation as a centre of artistic excellence.
Admission was free.
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Date:
18 December 1964 – 8 January 1965 -
Location:
Robert McDougall Art Gallery - main gallery -
Exhibition number:
12F