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Inuit Art: Small Wonders

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Inuit Art: Small Wonders

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front cover VARIOUS LOTS

front inside cover Lot 1 SIMON TOOKOOME SPIRIT WOLF, 1997

back inside cover Lot 8 JOHN TIKTAK LEANING MAN back cover Lot 29

PITSEOLAK QIMIRPIK BOUQUET

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SIMON TOOKOOME ᑐᑯᒥ (1934-2010), QAMANI’TUAQ (BAKER LAKE)

SPIRIT WOLF, 1997

steel; dated and numbered 8/30; signed in syllabics; made in collaboration with Joe Fafard

2.5 x 4.5 x .5 in — 6.4 x 11.4 x 1.3 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Estate, Ontario

$300 — 500

2

JUDAS ULLULAQ ᔪᑕ ᐅᓗᓚ (1937-1999), UQSUQTUUQ (GJOA HAVEN)

SEAL, CA. 1985

stone; signed in syllabics; illustration of kakivak to underside

2.75 x 3.5 x 2.75 in — 7 x 8.9 x 7 cm

PROVENANCE:

Marion Scott Gallery, Vancouver, BC, 2004

Private Estate, Ontario

$300 — 500

3

ALASHUA SHARKY ᐊᓚᓱᐊ ᓴᑭ (B. 1973), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)

BIRD TRANSFORMATION, CA. 1999

stone; signed in syllabics

4.5 x 7.5 x 7 in — 11.4 x 19.1 x 17.8 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Estate, Ontario

$200 — 300

4

INNUKI OQUTAQ (1926-1986), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)

KAMIK

stone; signed in Roman

3.5 x 5.25 x 3.25 in — 8.9 x 13.3 x 8.3 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Toronto, ON

$80 — 100

ALEX PATSAUQ (B. 1917), QAUSUITTUQ (RESOLUTE BAY)

STANDING WOMAN, CA. 1961

stone; unsigned; old collector’s stickers verso

7.25 x 2.25 x 1.5 in — 18.4 x 5.7 x 3.8 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Estate, Ontario

$200 — 300

6

DAVIDIALUK ALASUA AMITTU

ᑎᕕᑎᐊᓗ (1910-1976), PUVIRNITUQ (POVUNGNITUK)

OWL (PEN HOLDER)

stone; signed in Roman; inventory stickers verso

3.75 x 2.75 x 2 in — 9.5 x 7 x 5.1 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, British Columbia

$600 — 900

7

ENNUTSIAK ᐃᓄᓯᐊ (1896-1967), IQALUIT (FROBISHER BAY)

HUNTER WITH KAYAK stone, ivory; unsigned; disc number inscribed

5.5 x 11.25 x 2.5 in — 14 x 28.6 x 6.4 cm

PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Quebec

$900 — 1,200

8

JOHN TIKTAK ᔭᓐ ᑎᑕ, RCA (1916-1981), KANGIQLINIQ (RANKIN INLET)

LEANING MAN stone; signed in syllabics

4.25 x 1.5 x 2 in — 10.8 x 3.8 x 5.1 cm

PROVENANCE: Theo Waddington Inc., Montreal, QC, 1981 Private Collection, Charlottesville, VA

$2,500 — 3,500

CAIN IQQRAQSAQ (B. 1944); UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST, IGLULIK (IGLOOLIK)

BEARS, 1995; OTTER HEAD stone, ivory; signed in Roman, accompanied by a “Canada Eskimo Art” tag inscribed “Cain Iqqraqsaq / Igloolik / 1995 / Bear Family”; unsigned largest 2.5 x 5 x 3.75 in — 6.4 x 12.7 x 9.5 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Toronto, ON

$200 — 300

10

EMILY PANGNERK ILLUITOK (1943-2012), ARVILIQJUAQ (PELLY BAY)

FLOCKS OF BIRDS

whalebone, ivory; unsigned; one indistinctly signed in syllabics largest 2 x 2.25 x 1 in — 5.1 x 5.7 x 2.5 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Toronto, ON

$500 — 700

11

ELIZABETH NUTARALUK AULATJUT ᐃᓕᓴᐸ ᓄᑕᕋᓗ (1914-1998), ARVIAT (ESKIMO POINT)

THREE FIGURES

antler; unsigned

tallest 4.5 x 1.75 x 1.25 in — 11.4 x 4.4 x 3.2 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, British Columbia

$500 — 700

12

LUKE AIRUT ᐊᐃᕈ (1942-2018), IGLULIK (IGLOOLIK)

ARCTIC SCENE

antler, bone; signed in Roman 2.25 x 7.75 x 2 in — 5.7 x 19.7 x 5.1 cm

PROVENANCE: Private Estate, Ontario

$400 — 600

KOWTYNOO ᑲᐅᑎᓄ (1913-1964), MITTIMATALIK (POND INLET)

HUNTER, CA. 1958

stone, ivory; signed in syllabics; disc number inscribed

6 x 3.5 x 1.75 in — 15.2 x 8.9 x 4.4 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Pennsylvania, USA

$200 — 300

14

UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST, SANIKILUAQ (BELCHER ISLANDS)

MOTHER WITH CHILD IN AMAUTI FISHING, CA. 1950S

stone, ivory, sinew; unsigned; old inventory sticker on underside

4.5 x 4.75 x 3.25 in — 11.4 x 12.1 x 8.3 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, British Columbia

$400 — 600

15

ADA EYETOAQ ᐊᑕ ᐃᔨᑐᐊ (1934-2014), QAMANI’TUAQ (BAKER LAKE)

FIGURE WITH QUILLIQ, CA. 1970

stone; unsigned

3.75 x 5.25 x 3.5 in — 9.5 x 13.3 x 8.9 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Pennsylvania, USA

$300 — 400

16

MOSES IPPAK ᒧᓱᓯ (1916-1984), SANIKILUAQ (BELCHER ISLANDS)

IGLOO

stone, synthetic inlay; signed in syllabics; disc number inscribed 1.75 x 6 x 2 in — 4.4 x 15.2 x 5.1 cm

PROVENANCE: Private Estate, Ontario

$100 — 200

THOMASSIE KUDLUK ᑐᒪᓯ ᑲᓚ (1910-1989), KANGIRSUK (PAYNE BAY)

LOOKING THROUGH A TELESCOPE, CA. 1980

stone; signed in syllabics; also inscribed in syllabics “ᓯᕈᔪᒥ

3.5 x 5.25 x 3 in — 8.9 x 13.3 x 7.6 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Estate, Ontario

$400 — 600

18

UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST

IGLOO WITH INTERIOR SCENE, CA. 1962

stone, copper, wood, ivory; unsigned; old inventory number inscribed; old collector’s stickers present

3 x 7 x 4 in — 7.6 x 17.8 x 10.2 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Estate, Ontario

$250 — 350

19

DICK KILIKAVIOYAK (1906-1982), KUGLUKTUK (COPPERMINE)

IGLOO WITH INTERIOR SCENE, 1974 stone, copper; signed in Roman; dated; Inuit Gallery of Vancouver inventory tag to underside

3.5 x 7 x 5 in — 8.9 x 17.8 x 12.7 cm

PROVENANCE: Private Estate, Ontario

$250 — 350

20

GEORGE ARLUK ᐊᓗ (1949-2023), ARVIAT (ESKIMO POINT)

HEAD, CA. 1975 stone; signed in syllabics

3.5 x 2.5 x 2 in — 8.9 x 6.4 x 5.1 cm

PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Ontario

$200 — 300

UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST, KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)

STANDING MAN, CA. 1950 ivory, soot; unsigned

2 x .75 x .5 in — 5.1 x 1.9 x 1.3 cm

PROVENANCE: Private Estate, Ontario

$200 — 300

22

UNIDENTIFIED YUP’IK OR IÑUPIAT ARTIST, ALASKA

CHARM OR DOLL, 19TH CENTURY wood, paint

6 x 2.25 x 1.25 in — 15.2 x 5.7 x 3.2 cm

PROVENANCE: Private Estate, Ontario

$1,000 — 1,500

23

UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST

COLLECTION OF EARLY IMPLEMENTS & MISC PIECES, CA. 1930S

ivory, whalebone, wood, thread largest 4 x .25 x .125 in — 10.2 x 0.6 x 0.3 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Toronto, ON

$300 — 500

24

UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST

WALKING FIGURE, CA. 1950

ivory, soot

3.75 x 1 x 1.75 in — 9.5 x 2.5 x 4.4 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Toronto, ON $100 — 200

JOHN TIKTAK ᔭᓐ ᑎᑕ, RCA (1916-1981), KANGIQLINIQ (RANKIN INLET)

FIGURE WITH ARM RAISED

stone; signed in syllabics

3.75 x 4 x 2.25 in — 9.5 x 10.2 x 5.7 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, British Columbia

$1,500 — 2,500

26

ABRAHAM ETUNGAT ᐊᐃᐊᔭᑲ ᐃᑐᒐ, RCA (1911-1999), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)

MAN AND WOMAN

stone; signed in syllabics

woman 4 x 1.5 x 1 in — 10.2 x 3.8 x 2.5 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Estate, Ontario

$400 — 600

27

MARY KAHOOTSUAK MIKI (1920-1993), ARVIAT (ESKIMO POINT)

THREE FIGURES

stone, glass beads, felt, thread; unsigned tallest 2 x 1 x 1 in — 5.1 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Estate, Ontario

$300 — 500

28

SAM TABLO (B. 1931), KUGLUKTUK (COPPERMINE)

BIRDS NESTING

antler; signed in Roman 9 x 6.5 x 6.5 in — 22.9 x 16.5 x 16.5 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Estate, Ontario

$400 — 500

PITSEOLAK QIMIRPIK (B. 1986), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)

BOUQUET

stone, antler, whalebone; signed in Roman

6.5 x 7 x 2 in — 16.5 x 17.8 x 5.1 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Estate, Ontario

$300 — 500 30

JOSEPH SHUQSLAK ᔪᓱᐱ ᓱᓚ (B. 1958), UQSUQTUUQ (GJOA HAVEN)

SHAMAN, 1999

antler; unsigned

1.75 x 8.5 x 2 in — 4.4 x 21.6 x 5.1 cm

PROVENANCE:

Galerie Art Inuit Brousseau, Quebec City, QC, 1999

Private Estate, Ontario

$300 — 500

31

ROSS KAYOTAK (B. 1969), IGLULIK (IGLOOLIK)

SEA SERPENT, 1995 antler; signed in Roman 2.5 x 9 x 5 in — 6.4 x 22.9 x 12.7 cm

PROVENANCE: Private Estate, Ontario

$200 — 300

32

UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST, QAMANI’TUAQ (BAKER LAKE)

BONE GAME, CA. 1980 antler, sinew; unsigned; old inventory number inscribed 1.25 x 8 x 1.75 in — 3.2 x 20.3 x 4.4 cm

PROVENANCE: Private Estate, Ontario

$80 — 100

UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST, NANAI REGION, SIBERIA

TWO CARVED DISHES, CA. 1992/1993

alder wood; artist’s design to underside; old inventory stickers to underside, one inscribed “Nickolai / Nanai” largest 1.5 x 13.75 x 3.25 in — 3.8 x 34.9 x 8.3 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Estate, Ontario

$200 — 400

34

UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST, NANAI REGION, SIBERIA

TWO CANISTERS, CA. 1992

alder wood; artist’s design to underside largest 7 x 2.5 x 2.5 in — 17.8 x 6.4 x 6.4 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Estate, Ontario

$200 — 400

35

UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST, NANAI REGION, SIBERIA

LIDDED BOX

alder wood; artist’s design to underside 2.5 x 3.75 x 3 in — 6.4 x 9.5 x 7.6 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Estate, Ontario

$80 — 100

36

VARIOUS ARTISTS, SIBERIA

BEAR SPOON; CHOP STICKS; SALT BOWL; WOVEN SALT CONTAINER; LIDDED BOWL alder wood; some inscribed with the artist’s initials or design; one dated “93” spoon .25 x 11.5 x 1 in — 0.6 x 29.2 x 2.5 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Estate, Ontario

$80 — 100

UNIDENTIFIED PUNUK AND YUP’IK OR IÑUPIAT ARTISTS, BERING SEA REGION

COLLECTION OF NINE HARPOON POINTS, LURES ETC.

ivory, antler

largest 3.5 x .75 x .5 in — 8.9 x 1.9 x 1.3 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Estate, Ontario

$300 — 500

38

UNIDENTIFIED YUP’IK OR IÑUPIAT ARTISTS, TIKARAKH (POINT HOPE)

CARIBOU EFFIGY TOOL FRAGMENT AND INCISED NET GAUGE whalebone, copper, steel; one with tag affixed reading “A 50 / Sotheby July 97/4 / ‘81”; the other with tag reading “J-66” 5 x 1 x .5 in — 12.7 x 2.5 x 1.3 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Toronto, ON

$400 — 600

39

UNIDENTIFIED YUP’IK OR IÑUPIAT ARTISTS, ALASKA

ARROW SHAFT STRAIGHTENER AND HARPOON HEAD, 18TH OR 19TH CENTURY

ivory, iron; one with collector’s tag of Harry Geoffrey Beasley reading “Beasley Coll. Esquimaux Bering Straight 27.7.24”; the other with collector’s number inscribed in pen and ink reading “5.35”

5 x 1.5 x .5 in — 12.7 x 3.8 x 1.3 cm

PROVENANCE:

Harry Geoffrey Beasley, Devon, UK

Private Estate, Ontario

$500 — 700

40

VARIOUS UNIDENTIFIED DORSET CULTURE, YUP’IK OR IÑUPIAT, AND CENTRAL ARCTIC ARTISTS

SNOW KNIFE, SEAL PLUG, AND OTHER IMPLEMENTS AND ADORNMENTS

whalebone, ivory, sealskin, wood, sinew largest 14 x 2 x .25 in — 35.6 x 5.1 x 0.6 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Toronto, ON

$300 — 500

UNIDENTIFIED EASTERN ARCTIC ARTIST

WOMAN WITH ULU, CA. 1930S

ivory, iron rivet ; unsigned; old inventory label on underside reading “GE 41”

2.75 x 1.5 x .75 in — 7 x 3.8 x 1.9 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Estate, Ontario

$300 — 400

42

UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST, KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET) NARWHAL

ivory, stone; unsigned including base 1.75 x 4.5 x 1 in —

4.4 x 11.4 x 2.5 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Estate, Ontario

$150 — 250

43

LUKE ANOWTALIK ᓗ ᐊᓇᐅᑕᓕ (1932-2006), ARVIAT (ESKIMO POINT)

FIGURE, CA. 1975

antler, sinew; unsigned; includes stand without stand 3.5 x 1 x .75 in — 8.9 x 2.5 x 1.9 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Estate, Ontario

$60 — 80

44

UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST

BEAR

ivory; unsigned 1.75 x 3.5 x 1 in — 4.4 x 8.9 x 2.5 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Estate, Ontario

$200 — 300

45

UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST, KALAALLIT NUNAAT (GREENLAND)

TUPILAK

stone; old inventory label to underside indistinctly inscribed “Johnn Tukula”

4.25 x 6 x 3.25 in — 10.8 x 15.2 x 8.3 cm

PROVENANCE:

Lorne Balshine Collection

Private Estate, Ontario

$300 — 400

46

MARIUS KUITSE; UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST, KALAALLIT NUNAAT (GREENLAND)

TWO TUPILAQS

stone; old inventory stickers indistinctly inscribed

largest 3 x 6.25 x 2.25 in —

7.6 x 15.9 x 5.7 cm

PROVENANCE:

Lorne Balshine Collection

Private Estate, Ontario

$300 — 400

47

UNIDENTIFIED ARTISTS, KALAALLIT NUNAAT (GREENLAND)

TUPILAQS

stone; old inventory stickers to underside inscribed “Anders Sikivat”

largest 3 x 6 x 2.75 in — 7.6 x 15.2 x 7 cm

PROVENANCE:

Lorne Balshine Collection

Private Estate, Ontario

$300 — 400

48

UNIDENTIFIED ARTISTS, KALAALLIT NUNAAT (GREENLAND)

TUPILAQS

horn; unsigned tallest 4.5 x 1 x .75 in — 11.4 x 2.5 x 1.9 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Estate, Ontario

$300 — 500

UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST

WOVEN BALEEN WALLET, CA. 1900

baleen

4.75 x 3 x .5 in — 12.1 x 7.6 x 1.3 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Toronto, ON

$300 — 500

50

UNIDENTIFIED YUP’IK OR IÑUPIAT ARTISTS, ALASKA

CHATELAINE OR MOCK WATCH CHAIN AND OTHER IMPLEMENTS

ivory, thread, sinew, wire, beads

23 x 2.5 x .125 in — 58.4 x 6.4 x 0.3 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Estate, Ontario

$300 — 400

51

UNIDENTIFIED DORSET CULTURE AND YUPIK ARTISTS, EASTERN ARCTIC AND SIBERIA

HARPOON FORESHAFT ETC. ivory, whalebone, cotton cordage, glass trade beads, shredded bark largest height 23 in — 58.4 cm, diameter 1 in — 2.5 cm

PROVENANCE: Private Estate, Ontario

$300 — 500

52

MAGDALINE UKPATIKU (1931-1999), QAMANI’TUAQ (BAKER LAKE)

NEEDLE CASE, CA. 1960

ivory, copper, sinew, caribou hide; unsigned approx. 7 x 1 x .5 in — 17.8 x 2.5 x 1.3 cm

PROVENANCE: Private Estate, Ontario

$200 — 400

53

UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST, QAMANI’TUAQ (BAKER LAKE)

BONE GAME, CA. 1960

antler, pigment; unsigned height 6 in — 15.2 cm, diameter 1.25 in — 3.2 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Estate, Ontario

$100 — 200

54

UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST, SÁPMI (LAPLAND), FINLAND

SPOONS WITH INCISED DESIGNS, CA. 1930S

reindeer antler; unsigned largest .25 x 5.75 x 2.25 in —

0.6 x 14.6 x 5.7 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Estate, Ontario

$80 — 100

55

UNIDENTIFIED SAAMK ARTIST, SÁPMI (LAPLAND), FINLAND

SPOON WITH INCISED REINDEER DESIGN reindeer antler; unsigned 0.2 x 4.75 x 1.5 in — .5 x 12.1 x 3.8 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Estate, Ontario

$80 — 100

56

WILLIAM UKPATIKU (B. 1935), QAMANI’TUAQ (BAKER LAKE)

BONE GAME, CA. 1970S antler, sinew; signed in syllabics height 6.75 in — 17.1 cm, diameter 1.5 in — 3.8 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Estate, Ontario

$80 — 100

SIMON KRISTOFFERSON (1933-1990), NUUK, KALAALLIT NUNAAT (GREENLAND)

HUNTER WITH SPIRIT

stone; signed in Roman; dated 4 x 12.75 x 3.5 in — 10.2 x 32.4 x 8.9 cm

PROVENANCE:

Lorne Balshine Collection

Private Estate, Ontario

$400 — 600

58

UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST, KALAALLIT NUNAAT (GREENLAND)

TUPILAQ, CA. 1960

stone; unsigned; sticker to underside inscribed “Kintikak Dunek / Thule Gronland”

6.5 x 4 x 2.5 in — 16.5 x 10.2 x 6.4 cm

PROVENANCE:

Lorne Balshine Collection

Private Estate, Ontario

$300 — 400

59

UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST, KALAALLIT NUNAAT (GREENLAND)

THREE HEADS

stone; no visible signatures; old inventory stickers on underside tallest 2.5 x 1.25 x 1 in — 6.4 x 3.2 x 2.5 cm

PROVENANCE:

Lorne Balshine Collection

Private Estate, Ontario

$200 — 300

60

UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST, KALAALLIT NUNAAT (GREENLAND)

PAIR OF TUPILAQS, CA. 1968

horn, wood, leather; unsigned largest 4.75 x 1.25 x 1 in — 12.1 x 3.2 x 2.5 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Estate, Ontario

$300 — 500

JONASIE FABER (B. 1944), QAQORTOQ, KALAALLIT NUNAAT (GREENLAND)

THREE FIGURES, 1990

stone; signed in Roman; dated; indistinctly inscribed in syllabics

3 x 3 x 1.5 in — 7.6 x 7.6 x 3.8 cm

PROVENANCE:

James Hyman Gallery, London, UK, 1999

Private Estate, Ontario

$200 — 300

62

MATHIAS LORENTZEN; UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST, PAAMIUT, KALAALLIT NUNAAT (GREENLAND)

TWO TUPILAQS

stone, wood; initialed; signed indistinctly; old inventory label inscribed “Mathias Lorentzen / 8.78 / Frederikshab Vestgronland”

largest 6.5 x 3.5 x 2 in — 16.5 x 8.9 x 5.1 cm

PROVENANCE:

Lorne Balshine Collection

Private Estate, Ontario

$200 — 300

63

PAVIA SIMONSEN; UNIDENTIFIED ARTISTS, PAAMIUT, KALAALLIT NUNAAT (GREENLAND)

THREE TUPILAQS

stone, antler; one initialed, old inventory sticker to underside inscribed “Pavia Simonsen / Frederikshab Vestgronland”; one indistinctly signed “Isak Jessen” and dated 1977; one unsigned tallest 6.25 x 3 x 2.25 in — 15.9 x 7.6 x 5.7 cm

PROVENANCE:

Lorne Balshine Collection

Private Estate, Ontario

$200 — 300

64

UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST, KANGIQTUGAAPIK (CLYDE RIVER)

WOMAN STANDING WITH WALRUS, CA. 1976

stone, ivory; unsigned; two collector’s stickers to underside of feet reading “Amagoalak Inutiq / Clyde River / 1976”

4.5 x 4 x 2 in — 11.4 x 10.2 x 5.1 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Estate, Ontario

$100 — 200

65

LUKE ANOWTALIK ᓗ ᐊᓇᐅᑕᓕ (1932-2006), ARVIAT (ESKIMO POINT)

THREE FIGURES

antler, sinew; unsigned largest 4.5 x 1 x 1 in — 11.4 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Toronto, ON $100 — 200

66

UNIDENTIFIED ARTISTS, INUKJUAK (PORT HARRISON) AND WESTERN ARCTIC

BIRD; GOOSE; TRANSFORMATION FIGURE, CA. 1970

whalebone; unsigned largest 2.25 x 4 x 1 in — 5.7 x 10.2 x 2.5 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Estate, Ontario

$200 — 300

67

MADELEINE ISSERKUT KRINGAYARK

ᐃᓯᑯ (1928-1984); MARIUS KRIDLUAR (B. 1949), NAUJAAT (REPULSE BAY) FLYING BIRDS

stone, ivory; signed in syllabics; disc number inscribed; collector’s tag to underside inscribed “Naujet Co-op Repulse Bay / M. Kridluar” tallest

PROVENANCE:

Janak Khendry Collection, Toronto, ON $150 — 250

68

UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST, TALOYOAK (SPENCE BAY) HEAD

whalebone; unsigned

4 x 3.25 x 1.5 in — 10.2 x 8.3 x 3.8 cm

PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Toronto, ON $100 — 200

SOLOMON IQQUIYUITUQ (B. 1946), KUGAARUK (PELLY BAY)

ARCTIC HUNTING SCENES, CA. 1970S

ivory, antler; signed in syllabics; old collector’s sticker to underside inscribed “Salomi Pelle Bay 1972”

largest 3 x 5 x 4 in — 7.6 x 12.7 x 10.2 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Estate, Ontario

$200 — 300

70

UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST

BIRDS ON ICE FLOE ivory, whalebone; unsigned

1.5 x 3.25 x 2.5 in — 3.8 x 8.3 x 6.4 cm

PROVENANCE:

Janak Khendry Collection, Toronto, ON

$100 — 200

71

UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST

FIVE BIRDS

ivory, Russian blue pigment; unsigned; old inventory numbers inscribed tallest 1 x 1 x .5 in — 2.5 x 2.5 x 1.3 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Estate, Ontario

$100 — 200

72

UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST, KALAALLIT NUNAAT (GREENLAND)

DOLL OF SEAL HUNTER

wood, cotton cloth and thread, sealskin; old labels affixed to underside reading “Greenland Handicraft / ID Ang 72 / GE156AK Bic(?)ru Ogta(?)kat”

10.5 x 3 x 2 in — 26.7 x 7.6 x 5.1 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Estate, Ontario

$200 — 300

PAULOOSIE UINGUN (B. 1900), IQALUIT (FROBISHER BAY)

SEAL stone; unsigned; disc number inscribed

1.75 x 7.25 x 2 in — 4.4 x 18.4 x 5.1 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Estate, Ontario

$100 — 200

74

VICTOR TONGELIK (B. 1924), ARVILIQJUAQ (PELLY BAY)

KAYAKER, 1964

ivory, sinew; unsigned

1.5 x 7.25 x 4.25 in — 3.8 x 18.4 x 10.8 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Estate, Ontario

$200 — 300

75

UNIDENTIFIED YUP’IK OR IÑUPIAT ARTISTS, ALASKA

PAPER KNIFE

ivory, soot; unsigned

15 x 1.75 x .75 in — 38.1 x 4.4 x 1.9 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Estate, Ontario

$100 — 200

76

LIKELY NOOK NUQINGAQ (B. 1930), IQALUIT (FROBISHER BAY)

WOLF HEAD PLAQUE, CA. 1958

stone; signed in Roman; partial disc number inscribed

2 x 2 x 1.75 in — 5.1 x 5.1 x 4.4 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Estate, Ontario

$80 — 100

UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST, QAMANI’TUAQ (BAKER LAKE)

SEAL TRANSFORMATION

stone; indistinctly inscribed

6.5 x 4.5 x 1.75 in — 16.5 x 11.4 x 4.4 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Estate, Ontario

$100 — 200

ANNIE NIVIAXIE ᐊᓂ ᓂᕕᐊᓯ (1930-1989); SAIJA NAULIYUK AINALIK (B. 1959), INUKJUAK (PORT HARRISON) AND IVUJIVIK

SWIMMING BIRDS

stone; unsigned; disc number inscribed largest 1.25 x 3.75 x .75 in — 3.2 x 9.5 x 1.9 cm

PROVENANCE: Janak Khendry Collection, Toronto, ON $60 — 80

NUNGUSUITOK QAYUARYUK (B. 1964); UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST, KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)

SNAKE, 1991; BIRD stone, ivory; indistinctly inscribed, accompanied by a “Canada Eskimo Art” tag inscribed “Nungusuitok Qadjuajuk / Cape Dorset / 1991 / snake”; unsigned

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Toronto, ON

$150 — 250

80

SAMWILLIE NIVIAXIE (B. 1923); UNIDENTIFIED ARTISTS, INUKJUAK (PORT HARRISON)

GROUP OF ARCTIC ANIMALS stone; unsigned; disc number inscribed; one signed in syllabics “ᐸᐅᓗᓯ”

PROVENANCE:

Janak Khendry Collection, Toronto, ON

$100 — 200

(1928-1987), QAMANI’TUAQ (BAKER LAKE)

COUPLE, CA. 1990

stone, musk ox hair; unsigned

2.25 x 7.25 x 6 in — 5.7 x 18.4 x 15.2 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Ontario

$250 — 350

82

ATTRIBUTED TO LUKE HALLAUK (B. 1931), ARVIAT (ESKIMO POINT)

MOTHER AND CHILD, CA. 1970S stone; unsigned

2 x 1.5 x 1.25 in — 5.1 x 3.8 x 3.2 cm

PROVENANCE: Private Estate, Ontario

$80 — 100

83

UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST, QAMANI’TUAQ (BAKER LAKE)

MAN WITH CHILD ON PACK stone, sinew, sealskin; unsigned; old inventory sticker to underside of foot; likely carved at the Mountain Sanatorium (now Chedoke Campus) in Hamilton, ON 3.5 x 2 x 1.5 in — 8.9 x 5.1 x 3.8 cm

PROVENANCE: Private Estate, Ontario

$80 — 100

84

BUNNEE KACHOOK (B. 1929), MITTIMATALIK (POND INLET)

FIGURE WALKING, CA. 1958 stone; signed in Roman; disc number inscribed including base 3.25 x 2 x 1.75 in — 8.3 x 5.1 x 4.4 cm

PROVENANCE: Private Collection, British Columbia

$100 — 200

ABRAHAM APAKARK ANGHIK

, OC (B. 1951), PAULATUK

TRANSFORMATION

stone; unsigned

2.25 x 5 x 2.5 in — 5.7 x 12.7 x 6.4 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Toronto, ON

$150 — 250

86

DAVID IKUTAAQ ᐃᑯᑕ (1929-1984), QAMANI’TUAQ (BAKER LAKE)

MUSK OX

stone; signed in syllabics

3 x 5.25 x 3 in — 7.6 x 13.3 x 7.6 cm

PROVENANCE:

Private Estate, Ontario

$300 — 500

UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST, KUGLUKTUK (COPPERMINE)

STANDING WOMAN, CA. 1965 stone; signed in Roman “Alix Kadlon” 4.5 x 2.75 x 1.25 in — 11.4 x 7 x 3.2 cm

PROVENANCE:

The Snow Goose, Ottawa, ON, 2005 Private Estate, Ontario

$200 — 300

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