Context (CMS Context)
Presented by The Art Fund and the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation. An acquisition project to build a collection of modern and contemporary work on paper from Australia, Canada and South Africa was undertaken over 2011-13 with the support of a grant under The Art Fund's RENEW programme. The collection was developed with the expert advice and generous assistance of Annie Coombes and Norman Vorano in relation to South African and Inuit artists respectively. Khadija Carroll, Anita Herle and Diana Wood Conroy also contributed to the selection process. The artist lived from 1951 to 2006. Gallery address: Galerie d’art Vincent, Château Laurier, 1 Rideau Street, Ottawa, OW, KIN 857 Canada.
Event Date 14/11/2012
Author: maa

Description (CMS Description)
Etching and aquatint titled 'Shamon with Two Wifes' [sic], by Aoudla Pudlat,numbered 48/50. Condition: Good, but with finger prints on edges.
Event Date 14/11/2012
Author: maa

Context (CMS Context)
Though Aoudla Pudlat was known primarily as a printmaker rather than an artist in his own right, he produced some significant work, of which this is a strong example, exemplifying the use of images of archaeological pieces to affirm the antiquity and depth of indigenous ritual. The objects shown are mainly famous examples of prehistoric Inuit art. The print is of special importance to the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology because it depicts (on both its left and right-hand sides) an object known as the Dorset Antler wand (1950.411 A), held in the museum's collection and currently (as of 2012) on display. Purchased from Galerie d'art Vincent, and presented by the Art Fund (£332) and the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation. Details from the Art Fund website 9/5/2013
Event Date 9/5/2013
Author: Rachel Hand

Context (CMS Context)
The wand (1950.411 A) was published in George Swinton's 'Sculpture of the Eskimo;, (1987) and Norman Vorano, who assisted with the selection of prints for MAA's Art Fund print acquisition, assumed was that the artist was aware of it through the publication.
Event Date 24/11/2015
Author: Rachel Hand