Very little is known about Inuit artist Eugenie Tautoonie Kablutok besides the fact that she was based out of Rankin Inlet (Kangiqtiniq) on the Kudlulik Peninsula in Nunavut. This community developed a permanent settlement around a nickel mine established in 1957 which attracted Inuit looking for work. Following the mine’s closure in 1962, the government established an arts and crafts program in an attempt to revitalize the community. About eighty Inuit participated, including a number of women who sewed. This program was closed in 1975.

The production of this wall hanging draws on women’s traditional skills such as sewing and needlework. It takes the overall shape of the ulu, which was a traditional multipurpose knife used by women of the community. There are three appliqué figures, one plain shell, an octopus-like creature, and a further sell-shaped object with a woman and child’s heads protruding from the top. This work is typical of Baker Lake style wall-hangings in that it has a dark-coloured background, vibrantly coloured appliqué figures, a stitched border, and a balanced, albeit asymmetrical composition. This shape, however, is not typical, as most wall-hangings are either square or rectangular.