Belt clasp
Maker: Inuit
Medium:Ivory
Geography: Nunavut or Quebec, Canada
Date: 1910-1914
Dimensions:7 x 3.2 x 2.4 cm
Object number: HC1874
Credit Line: Gift of Sir William Mackenzie; the Robert J. Flaherty Collection
Gallery Location:Daphne Cockwell Gallery dedicated to First Peoples art & culture
DescriptionIn 1910, the Canadian Northern Railway commissioned Robert J. Flaherty (1884 – 1951) to search for iron ore deposits along the northeast coast of Hudson's Bay. Flaherty visited the Arctic over several years during which he collected a wide range of Inuit artifacts. He became interested in filming Inuit life and his popular 1922 silent film, Nanook of the North, garnered him acclaim as a documentary film pioneer.
