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1917 Cape Dorset, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada - 2000 Cape Dorset, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada. Known for: Mixed-media Inuit sculpture and carving, portraits, legends, mammals and birds.
Mannumi Shaqu (1917 - 2000). A prominent early modern Inuit sculptor and carver, Mannumi Shaqu was born near Cape Dorset (Baffin Island), Nunavut, Canada and lived in Nunavut his whole life (he also... Read full biography
Mannumi Shaqu (1917 - 2000). A prominent early modern Inuit sculptor and carver, Mannumi Shaqu was born near Cape Dorset (Baffin Island), Nunavut, Canada and lived in Nunavut his whole life (he also lived in Coral Harbour (Southampton Island) and Frobisher Bay (Baffin Island), both in Nunavut). His... Read full biography
Mannumi Shaqu (1917 - 2000). A prominent early modern Inuit sculptor and carver, Mannumi Shaqu was born near Cape Dorset (Baffin Island), Nunavut, Canada and lived in Nunavut his whole life (he also lived in Coral Harbour (Southampton Island) and Frobisher Bay (Baffin Island), both in Nunavut). His carvings have been included in a number of landmark exhibitions and his works are in several Canadian museum collections. His sculpture Mother and Child was given to Princess (now Queen) Elizabeth on... Read full biography
Mannumi Shaqu (1917 - 2000). A prominent early modern Inuit sculptor and carver, Mannumi Shaqu was born near Cape Dorset (Baffin Island), Nunavut, Canada and lived in Nunavut his whole life (he also lived in Coral Harbour (Southampton Island) and Frobisher Bay (Baffin Island), both in Nunavut). His carvings have been included in a number of landmark exhibitions and his works are in several Canadian museum collections. His sculpture Mother and Child was given to Princess (now Queen) Elizabeth on the occasion of her November 1951 visit to Canada. It was one of the first times a work of Inuit art was presented as an official gift by Canada. (1)(2). Shaqu's mediums included stone, marine ivory, bone, antler, and mixed mediums. His subjects... Read full biography
Mannumi Shaqu (1917 - 2000). A prominent early modern Inuit sculptor and carver, Mannumi Shaqu was born near Cape Dorset (Baffin Island), Nunavut, Canada and lived in Nunavut his whole life (he also lived in Coral Harbour (Southampton Island) and Frobisher Bay (Baffin Island), both in Nunavut). His carvings have been included in a number of landmark exhibitions and his works are in several Canadian museum collections. His sculpture Mother and Child was given to Princess (now Queen) Elizabeth on the occasion of her November 1951 visit to Canada. It was one of the first times a work of Inuit art was presented as an official gift by Canada. (1)(2). Shaqu's mediums included stone, marine ivory, bone, antler, and mixed mediums. His subjects included portrait heads, figures, family groups, legends, mythology, and arctic mammals and birds. His styles were Realism* and Inuit A... Read full biography
Mannumi Shaqu - Artist Info
About Mannumi Shaqu: Keywords
Keywords (17)
Art Method
- •Carving of Walrus, Caribou, Antler, Baleen, Whalebone
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Media
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Birds, Ornithology, Avian Art
- •Eskimo, Inuit Culture: Genre and Figure
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Human Head Images, Portrait Heads, Faces
- •Mother and Child
- •Mythology, Legends
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Arctic Regions, Northwest Territories
Added Description
- •Self Taught, Autodidact
Ethnicity of Artist
- •Inuit, Eskimo
Exhibition of Museum
- •National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa