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This concept of the seal hunter was inspired by a research trip to Manitoba, Canada. For the Arctic tribes, seal hunting is the main source of food during the most extreme and difficult time of the year. For me, the difficult part was to interpret a gesture that would show the harsh environment as well as the stress of the hunt. The next step was doing the homework necessary to ensure accuracy of costume, tools and size relationships of animal to man. With many preliminary drawings of the body language, I was able to create maximum stress in pulling, gravity and weight by counterbalance of the figure. The taut tumpline and the burden of the pack over the heavy winter parka complete the illusion of primitive man against the elements. — HW