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© Jacobie Adamie. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clint…
Fisherman
© Jacobie Adamie. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinton, NY. Photo by Bryan Edwards, Class of 2019. For educational purposes only.
Artist/Maker (Inuit, born 1938)
Datec. 1967
MediumSoapstone
DimensionsOverall: 5 × 4 × 2 3/4 in. (12.7 × 10.2 × 7 cm)
Credit LineGift of James Taylor Dunn, Class of 1936
Object number1992.35
On view
DescriptionGrey stone carving of human figure holding a large fish, base marked 'adamie'
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Exhibition History 2024-2025
Clinton, NY. The Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College. "Menagerie: Animals in Art from the Wellin Museum," September 7, 2024 –June 8, 2025 (no cat.).

2015
Clinton, NY. Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College. "Seek and Find," September 1, 2015 - ongoing (no cat., brochure).
Provenance 1992: Hamilton College (Emerson Gallery), by gift of James Taylor Dunn;
November 1967 - 1992: James Taylor Dunn, by purchase from The Centre d'Art Esquimau, Lévis, Québec, Canada.
Signature Base (underside): 'Adamie'
Inscribed Base (underside): '34512 / Fisherman'
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