Joe Talirunili
Page from a Sketchbook
“They finally arrived in the winter and they had repented, so they are praying to God every night.
After the Inuit arrived in Kuujjuaraapik, they were praying every night and they were fed food that cost nothing.
Their clothes were made out of goose hide, sealskin, caribou skin, dog skin.”
Artist
Joe Talirunili
Kuugaaluk River, Nunavik, 1893 (?) – Puvirnituq, Nunavik, 1976Active in Puvirnituq
Title
Page from a Sketchbook
“They finally arrived in the winter and they had repented, so they are praying to God every night.
After the Inuit arrived in Kuujjuaraapik, they were praying every night and they were fed food that cost nothing.
Their clothes were made out of goose hide, sealskin, caribou skin, dog skin.”
Date
About 1970
Materials
Felt pen, graphite, coloured pencil
Dimensions
35.7 x 28.1 cm
Credits
Gift of Professor Sandra Freedman Witelson, inv. 2013.501
Collection
Graphic Arts
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