Elisha Sanguya
lives Clyde River, Nunavut; artist (born 1957)
Elisha Sanguya (born 1957) is an Inuk sculptor and printmaker. He is a part of the Igutaq Group of printmakers in Clyde River, Nunavut.
His work is included in the collections of the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, the National Gallery of Canada and the Winnipeg Art Gallery.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Elisha Sanguya” as lives Clyde River, Nunavut; artist (born 1957). Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as lives Clyde River, Nunavut; artist (born 1957). Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 26, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q55218023. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1957.
Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
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Three-step research path
- Establish the record: confirm the title “Elisha Sanguya”, its source revision and the description used here.
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- Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.
Questions for further research
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This entry incorporates text from “Elisha Sanguya” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.