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SNOWBALL, Jeannie
- Born
- Kujjuaq, Nunavik, 1906
- Biography synopsis
- Jeannie Snowball (also spelled Jeanie) was an Inuit artist from Kujjuaq (also known as Fort Chimo), Northern Quebec. In 1961, Snowball was recognized as an artisan for her invention of 'Ookpik' (word meaning owl), a little toy owl made of sealskin which became very popular across North America as a symbol of the North. It was selected as the icon of Canada Week at the Philadelphia Trade Fair of 1963.
- Media used
- Textiles
- File & Archive locations
- Montreal Museum of Fine Arts / Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal, QC
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
Writings about- Biographies of Inuit Artists, Volumes One and Two Ottawa: Canadian Arctic Producers, Arctic Co-operatives Limited, 1984
- Crandall, Richard C. Inuit Art: A History Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland, 2000
- Crasweller, Lesley. "Nakwami, Ookpik." North 14.6 (Nov./Dec. 1967): 24-25
- Crowe, Keith J. A History of the Original Peoples of Northern Canada Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1991
- Gamester, George. "Names in the News." Toronto Star (5 Aug. 1976): Section D
- Green, Henry Gordon. A Heritage of Canadian Handicrafts McClelland and Stewart, 1967
- Howard, Richard; Lacoursiere, Jacques; Bouchard, Claude. A New History of Canada: Quiet Revolution, 1960-1967 Quebec: Éditions Format, 1972
- Iglauer, Edith. Inuit Journey Douglas & McIntyre Ltd., 1979
- Issenman, Betty. Sinews of Survival: The Living Legacy of Inuit Clothing Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 1997
- McNeill, James. "Three Eskimo Legends of Ookpik." North 15.6 (Nov./Dec. 1968): 12-13
- Myers, Marybelle Mitchell. Things Made by Inuit Québec: Fédération des coopératives du Nouveau Québec, 1980
