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Simeona Angutingunirk
Inuit Primary
Owl and Nest
July 1981
Yarn, fleece, felt
Object
26 x 27.5 x 0.75 in. (66.04 x 69.85 x 1.905 cm)
Bryn Mawr College
Accession Number:
2020.11.1
Geography:
North and Central America, Canada, Kugaaruk, Nunavut
(Pelly Bay)
Classification:
Fine and Visual Arts
Culture/Nationality:
Arctic, Inuit, Canadian, North American
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- felt - Textile constructed usually of wool and fur fiber often mixed with natural or synthetic fiber by the interlocking of the loose fiber through the action of heat, moisture, chemicals, and pressure without spinning, weaving, or knitting.
- Inuit
- owls - Order containing around 180 species in two families of nocturnal raptorial birds with hooked beaks, strong talons, and soft plumage. All owls have the same general appearance, which is characterized by a flat face, small hooked beak, short tail, round wings, and large, forward-facing eyes. The bird became associated with Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom and also owls became symbolic of intelligence because it was thought that they could forsee events. Also, because of their nocturnal existence and hooting sounds, owls have also been symbols associated with the occult. In the Middle Ages, the owl became a symbol of the darkness before the coming of Christ.
- Strigiformes - Order containing around 180 species in two families of nocturnal raptorial birds with hooked beaks, strong talons, and soft plumage. All owls have the same general appearance, which is characterized by a flat face, small hooked beak, short tail, round wings, and large, forward-facing eyes. The bird became associated with Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom and also owls became symbolic of intelligence because it was thought that they could forsee events. Also, because of their nocturnal existence and hooting sounds, owls have also been symbols associated with the occult. In the Middle Ages, the owl became a symbol of the darkness before the coming of Christ.
- wall hangings - Artifacts, often textiles, that are hung on walls, especially for protection, warmth or embellishment.
- wool - Textile made from the animal hair wool.
- yarn - Continuous strands, either single or compound, made from filaments of fiber by reeling, spinning, twisting, or throwing.
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