Inuit Art: Sculpture & Graphics
APRIL 16 - 30, 2026
Inuit Art: Sculpture & Graphics
APRIL 16 - 30, 2026
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INUIT ART
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SENIOR SPECIALIST
Palmer Jarvis pj@waddingtons.ca 416-847-6191
CONSIGNMENT SPECIALIST
Elizabeth Gagnon ekg@waddingtons.ca 416-847-6184
FRONT COVER Lot 1
Judas Ullulaq Amayukyuk, the Woman Who Tried to Make People Laugh, 1989
FRONT INSIDE COVER Lot 29
Kenojuak Ashevak Iqqaluiit (School of Fish), 1996
BACK INSIDE COVER Lot 2
Pauta Saila Dancing Bear, 1988
BACK COVER Lot 26
Kananginak Pootoogook Twilight Gathering, 2007
1
JUDAS ULLULAQ ᔪᑕ ᐅᓗᓚ (1937-1999), UQSUQTUUQ (GJOA HAVEN)
AMAYUKYUK, THE WOMAN WHO TRIED TO MAKE PEOPLE LAUGH, 1989
whalebone, ivory, baleen; unsigned 20.25 x 13 x 7.5 in — 51.4 x 33 x 19.1 cm
PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, Toronto, ON
NOTE:
“This is the story about an evil woman who would try to make people laugh. If she succeeded, she would put them into her amautik and take them away with her. The crying figure here has suffered this fate. The woman is holding her pet dog. The victim in her amautik has horns for ears, and each horn has a tiny face...” Judas Ullulaq, 1997
Darlene Wight, Art & Expression of the Netsilik (Winnipeg Art Gallery, 2000), 162.
LITERATURE:
Darlene Wight, Art & Expression of the Netsilik (Winnipeg Art Gallery, 2000), 162, pl. 158.
$5,000 — 7,000
2
PAUTA SAILA ᐸᐅᑕ ᓯᓚ, RCA (1916-2009), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)
DANCING BEAR, 1988
bronze; signed in syllabics; numbered 89/500; also inscribed ABI
11 x 9 in — 27.9 x 22.9 cm
PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, Toronto, ON
NOTE:
Released as part of a series of 8 limited edition castings by prominent Canadian artists, and cast in bronze by A.B.I. foundry in Toronto in 1988. The sculptures were advertised in the publication Canadian Art and were available for purchase through select galleries including Robertson Galleries Ltd., Ottawa, ON; and The Isaacs Gallery, Toronto, ON.
$2,000 — 3,000
3
OVILOO TUNNILLIE ᐅᕕᓗ ᑐᓂᓕ, RCA (1949-2014), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET) WOMAN WITH CLASPED HANDS stone; signed in syllabics
11.25 x 4.5 x 5
PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, Victoria, BC
$5,000 — 6,000
4
UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST, KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET) RAVEN HEAD, CA. 1970 whalebone; unsigned
10 x 4.5 x 3.25 in — 25.4 x 11.4 x 8.3 cm
PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, Hamilton, ON
$900 — 1,200
OSUITOK IPEELEE ᐅᓱᐃᑐ ᐃᐱᓕ, RCA (1923-2005), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)
HEN
stone; unsigned
10.75 x 8.5 x 4.75 in — 27.3 x 21.6 x 12.1 cm
PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, Hamilton, ON
$1,000 — 2,000
JOE TALIRUNILI ᔪᐅ ᑕᓚᕈᓂᓕ (1893-1976), PUVIRNITUQ (POVUNGNITUK)
OWL, CA. 1965
stone; signed in Roman and syllabics
5.5 x 2 x 1.5 in — 14 x 5.1 x 3.8 cm
PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, Ontario
$2,500 — 3,500
7
NELSON TAKKIRUQ ᓇᐃᓴ ᑕᑭᕈ (1930-1999), UQSUQTUUQ (GJOA HAVEN)
NULIAJUK (SEDNA), 1995
stone, antler, ivory; signed in syllabics; initialled; accompanied by a “Canada Eskimo Art” tag inscribed “Nelson Takkiruq / Gjoa Haven / 01 Feb 95 / Nuliayok”
9 x 14.5 x 4.5 in — 22.9 x 36.8 x 11.4 cm
PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Ontario
$1,000 — 2,000
8
KIAWAK (KIUGAK) ASHOONA ᑭᐊᒐ, OC, RCA (1933-2014), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)
SEA CREATURE, CA. 1962 stone; unsigned
5 x 11 x 3.25 in — 12.7 x 27.9 x 8.3 cm
PROVENANCE: Walker’s Auctioneers, Ottawa, ON, 18 Nov 2015, lot 41 Private Collection, Toronto, ON
NOTE:
Related Works: Darlene Coward Wight, Kiugak Ashoona: Stories and Imaginings from Cape Dorset (Canada: Friesens Corporation, 1977), 14-17.
$3,000 — 5,000
MANASIE AKPALIAPIK ᒪᓇᓯ ᐊᐸᓕᐊᐱ (B. 1955), IKPIARJUK (ARCTIC BAY) SPIRIT
whalebone, stone, baleen; signed in syllabics
overall 11 x 8 x 6 in — 27.9 x 20.3 x 15.2 cm
PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, Quebec
$1,000 — 2,000
10
MANASIE AKPALIAPIK ᒪᓇᓯ ᐊᐸᓕᐊᐱ (B. 1955), IKPIARJUK (ARCTIC BAY) OWL AND YOUNG WOMAN WITH BRAIDS, 2000
whalebone, stone, baleen ; signed in syllabics; dated
11.5 x 18.5 x 4.25 in — 29.2 x 47 x 10.8 cm
PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, Toronto, ON, acquired directly from the artist
$1,500 — 2,500
LUKE IKSIKTAARYUK ᐃᓯᑕᔪ (1909-1977), QAMANI’TUAQ (BAKER LAKE)
FIGURE WITH PLEADING HANDS, CA. 1960s
antler; unsigned; accompanied by a “Canada Eskimo Art” tag inscribed “Man with Round Head / Baker Lake, N.W.T. / 1969 / Iksiktaaryuk”
10.5 x 6.5 x 5.5 in — 26.7 x 16.5 x 14 cm
PROVENANCE:
Upstairs Gallery, Winnipeg, MB
Private Collection, Winnipeg, MB
NOTE:
Notably Iksiktaaryuk was one of only two Qamani’tuaq (Baker Lake) artists chosen by curator Norman Zepp to be included in his superlative exhibition Pure Vision, The Keewatin Spirit. Much of Iksiktaaryuk’s work exhibits an anxious otherworldly character as here, where an aged man’s bulbous head appears to emerge from within a wafer-thin body, strangely posed with outstretched, perhaps pleading hands.
Related Works:
Gerald McMaster, Inuit Modern: The Samuel and Esther Sarick Collection (Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 2011), 132-133.
Norman Zepp, Pure Vision, The Keewatin Spirit (Regina: Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery University of Regina, 1986), 132, pl. 74-76.
$2,000 — 3,000
12
THOMAS SUVAARAQ ᑕᒪᓯ ᓱᕗᕋ (1935-1991), QAMANI’TUAQ (BAKER LAKE)
SHAMAN, 1974
antler, fur; signed in syllabics; dated; accompanied by a “Canada Eskimo Art” tag inscribed “Thomas Suvaaraq / Baker Lake / Mar 1974 / Shaman”
10.25 x 6 x 5 in — 26 x 15.2 x 12.7 cm
PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, Winnipeg, MB
$300 — 500
OSUITOK IPEELEE ᐅᓱᐃᑐ ᐃᐱᓕ, RCA (1923-2005), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)
FISHERMAN WITH KAKIVAK, 1989 stone, whalebone, sinew, wire; signed in syllabics; accompanied by a “Canada Eskimo Art” tag inscribed “Oshowetuk Ipellie / Cape Dorset / 1989 / Fisherman”
overall 14 x 10 x 6 in — 35.6 x 25.4 x 15.2 cm
PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, Quebec
$1,000 — 2,000
14
BARNABUS ARNASUNGAAQ
ᐸᓇᐸᓯ ᐊᓇᓴᒐ (1924-2017), QAMANI’TUAQ (BAKER LAKE) WOMAN WITH KAKIVAK stone, whalebone, sinew; unsigned overall 12 x 7.5 x 7 in — 30.5 x 19.1 x 17.8 cm
PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, Toronto, ON
$2,000 — 4,000
15
BARNABUS ARNASUNGAAQ
ᐸᓇᐸᓯ ᐊᓇᓴᒐ (1924-2017), QAMANI’TUAQ (BAKER LAKE)
MONUMENTAL FIGURE WITH HEAD stone; signed in syllabics
15 x 15.5 x 12.5 in — 38.1 x 39.4 x 31.8 cm
PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Toronto, ON
$2,000 — 3,000
16
BARNABUS ARNASUNGAAQ
ᐸᓇᐸᓯ ᐊᓇᓴᒐ (1924-2017), QAMANI’TUAQ (BAKER LAKE)
HUNTER AND MUSK OX stone; signed in syllabics
5 x 12.25 x 3 in — 12.7 x 31.1 x 7.6 cm
PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Ontario
$3,000 — 5,000
AQJANGAJUK SHAA ᐊᔭᒐᔪ ᓴᐊ, RCA (1937-2019), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)
PLAYFUL WALRUS
stone; signed in syllabics
13 x 6.5 x 9.5 in — 33 x 16.5 x 24.1 cm
PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, British Columbia
$600 — 900
18
PETER PARR ᐱᑕ ᐸ (1970-2012), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)
DANCING WALRUS
stone, antler; signed in Roman and syllabics
7.25 x 3 x 6.5 in — 18.4 x 7.6 x 16.5 cm
PROVENANCE: Eagle Spirit Gallery, Vancouver, BC
$400 — 600
19
TOONOO SHARKY ᑐᓄ ᓴᑭ, RCA (B. 1970), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET) TRANSFORMATION, 2014 stone; signed in syllabics and dated 12 x 13.5 x 5 in — 30.5 x 34.3 x 12.7 cm
PROVENANCE: Eagle Spirit Gallery, Vancouver, BC
$1,000 — 1,500
20
RODNEY KOLAUSOK (B. 1970), INUVIK THE OUTING stone, antler; unsigned 12 x 14 x 9.5 in — 30.5 x 35.6 x 24.1 cm
PROVENANCE: Eagle Spirit Gallery, Vancouver, BC
$600 — 900
JESSIE OONARK ᔪᓯ ᐅᓇ, OC, RCA (1906-1985), QAMANI’TUAQ (BAKER LAKE)
GOLDEN PLOVERS, 1985
stonecut and stencil; titled, dated, and numbered 40/50; artist’s and printer’s name in Roman and syllabics sheet 22 x 30 in — 55.9 x 76.2 cm
PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, Hamilton, ON
$1,500 — 2,000
22
LUKE ANGUHADLUQ ᓗᐅᒃ ᐊᒐᓴᓗ (1895-1982), QAMANI’TUAQ (BAKER LAKE)
THREE FISHES, 1976 serigraph; titled, dated, and numbered 46/48; artist’s and printer’s name in Roman and syllabics sheet 21.5 x 31 in — 54.6 x 78.7 cm
PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, Hamilton, ON
$600 — 800
23
LUKE ANGUHADLUQ ᓗᐅᒃ ᐊᒐᓴᓗ (1895-1982), QAMANI’TUAQ (BAKER LAKE)
THE FLOCK, 1977
lithograph; titled, dated, and numbered 75/78; artist’s and printer’s name in Roman and syllabics sheet 29.75 x 22 in — 75.6 x 55.9 cm
PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, Hamilton, ON
$500 — 700
24
LUKE ANGUHADLUQ ᓗᐅᒃ ᐊᒐᓴᓗ (1895-1982), QAMANI’TUAQ (BAKER LAKE)
WOMAN, 1972
serigraph; titled, dated, and numbered 32/43; artist’s and printer’s name in Roman and syllabics sheet 31.5 x 25 in — 80 x 63.5 cm
PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, Hamilton, ON
$1,000 — 1,500
LUKE ANGUHADLUQ ᓗᐅᒃ ᐊᒐᓴᓗ (1895-1982), QAMANI’TUAQ (BAKER LAKE)
A MAN WITH HORNS, 1978 serigraph; titled, dated, and numbered 15/60; artist’s and printer’s name in Roman and syllabics sheet 26.25 x 21.25 in — 66.7 x 54 cm
PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, Hamilton, ON
$600 — 800
26
KANANGINAK POOTOOGOOK ᑲᓇᒋᓇ ᐳᑐᒍᑭ, RCA (1935-2010), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)
TWILIGHT GATHERING, 2007 stonecut and stencil; titled, dated, and numbered 14/25; artist’s name in Roman and syllabics sheet 18 x 16 in — 45.7 x 40.6 cm
PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Vermont, USA
$1,000 — 2,000
27
KANANGINAK POOTOOGOOK ᑲᓇᒋᓇ
, RCA (1935-2010), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)
STEADFAST HERD, 2007
etching and aquatint; titled, dated, and numbered 10/50; artist’s name in Roman and syllabics
sheet 29.5 x 37 in — 74.9 x 94 cm
PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Vermont, USA
$1,000 — 1,500
28
KENOJUAK ASHEVAK ᑭᓄᐊᔪᐊ
, CC, RCA (1927-2013), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)
THE LIGHT WITHIN, 2005 etching and aquatint; titled, dated, and numbered 6/50; artist’s name in Roman and syllabics
sheet 21 x 23.75 in — 53.3 x 60.3 cm
PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Vermont, USA
$1,000 — 1,500
KENOJUAK ASHEVAK ᑭᓄᐊᔪᐊ ᐊᓯᕙ, CC, RCA (1927-2013), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)
IQQALUIIT (SCHOOL OF FISH), 1996 lithograph; titled, dated, and numbered 39/50; artist’s name in Roman and syllabics sheet 22 x 30 in — 55.9 x 76.2 cm
PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, Vermont, USA
$1,000 — 2,000
30
NINGIUKULU (NINGEOKULUK) TEEVEE
ᓂᒋᐅᑯᓗ ᑎᕕ (B. 1963), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)
SYMPHONY OF OWLS, 2007 etching and aquatint; titled, dated, and numbered 29/50; artist’s name in Roman and syllabics
sheet 28 x 33.5 in — 71.1 x 85.1 cm
PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, Vermont, USA
$500 — 700
31
NINGIUKULU (NINGEOKULUK) TEEVEE
ᓂᒋᐅᑯᓗ ᑎᕕ (B. 1963), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)
KIVIUQ NANUQLU (KIVIUQ AND THE BEAR), 2010
stonecut and stencil; titled, dated, and numbered 38/50; artist’s name in Roman and syllabics sheet 24.5 x 28 in — 62.2 x 71.1 cm
PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, Vermont, USA
$1,000 — 1,500
32
TIM PITSIULAK ᑎᒻ ᐱᓯᐃᓚ (1967-2016), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)
ON GUARD, 2016
lithograph; titled, dated, and numbered 16/50; artist’s name in Roman sight 10.5 x 9 in — 26.7 x 22.9 cm
PROVENANCE: Private Collection, British Columbia
$400 — 600
JESSIE OONARK ᔪᓯ ᐅᓇ, OC, RCA (1906-1985), QAMANI’TUAQ (BAKER LAKE)
VOICE FROM MY DREAMS, 1973 stonecut and stencil; titled, dated, and numbered 38/50; artist’s and printer’s name in Roman and syllabics sheet 18.75 x 24 in — 47.6 x 61 cm
PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, Hamilton, ON
$1,000 — 1,500
34
SHEOJUK ETIDLOOIE ᓯᐅᔪ ᐃᑎᐃᑎᓚᐃ (1929-1999), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)
SHAMAN’S HANDS, 1999 etching and aquatint; titled, dated, and numbered 38/50; artist name in Roman and syllabics
sight 27.5 x 27.75 in — 69.9 x 70.5 cm
PROVENANCE:
Estate of David Sutherland, Victoria, BC
$1,000 — 2,000
35
PITALOOSIE SAILA ᐱᑕᓗᓯ ᓴᐃᓚ, RCA (1942-2021), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)
OWL AT WATER’S EDGE, 1984
stonecut and stencil; titled, dated, and numbered 7/50; artist’s name in Roman and syllabics
sheet 19.75 x 23.5 in — 50.2 x 59.7 cm
PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Vermont, USA
$1,000 — 1,500
36
PITALOOSIE SAILA ᐱᑕᓗᓯ ᓴᐃᓚ, RCA (1942-2021), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)
COURTING OWL, 1985
stonecut and stencil; titled, dated, and numbered 46/50; artist’s name in Roman and syllabics
sheet 25 x 30.5 in — 63.5 x 77.5 cm
PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Vermont, USA
$700 — 900
PETER SEVOGA ᐱᑕ ᓯᕗᒐ (1940-2007), QAMANI’TUAQ (BAKER LAKE) BIRD
stone; signed in syllabics; disc number inscribed
10.5 x 7 x 5.5 in — 26.7 x 17.8 x 14 cm
PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, Hamilton, ON
$800 — 1,200
38
UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST, QAMANI’TUAQ (BAKER LAKE)
STANDING MAN
stone; signed in Roman “Barnabus”
9.25 x 5.5 x 1.5 in — 23.5 x 14 x 3.8 cm
PROVENANCE:
Eagle Spirit Gallery, Vancouver, BC
$400 — 600
39
BARNABUS ARNASUNGAAQ
ᐸᓇᐸᓯ ᐊᓇᓴᒐ (1924-2017)
QAMANI’TUAQ (BAKER LAKE)
WINGED FIGURE
stone; unsigned
7.75 x 6.75 x 3.5 in — 19.7 x 17.1 x 8.9 cm
PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Ontario
$800 — 1,200
40
BARNABUS ARNASUNGAAQ
ᐸᓇᐸᓯ ᐊᓇᓴᒐ (1924-2017), QAMANI’TUAQ (BAKER LAKE)
MAN
stone; unsigned
7.75 x 5.5 x 3 in — 19.7 x 14 x 7.6 cm
PROVENANCE: Eagle Spirit Gallery, Vancouver, BC
$300 — 500
MARTHA TICKIQ ᑎᑭ (1939-2015), QAMANI’TUAQ (BAKER LAKE)
WOMAN IN AMAUTI
stone; signed in Roman and syllabics to base
8 x 5.5 x 2.5 in — 20.3 x 14 x 6.4 cm
PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, Hamilton, ON
$700 — 900
42
MARTHA TIKTAQ ANAUTALIK
ᒪᑕ ᑎᑕ ᐊᓇᐅᑕᓕ (1928-1987), QAMANI’TUAQ (BAKER LAKE)
WOMAN, CA. 1973
stone; unsigned
7.5 x 2.25 x 3.25 in — 19.1 x 5.7 x 8.3 cm
PROVENANCE:
Upstairs Gallery, Winnipeg, MB Private Collection, Winnipeg, MB
$300 — 500
43
SAMUEL NAHAULAITUQ ᓇᓴᐅᓚᑐ (1923-1999), TALOYOAK (SPENCE BAY)
STANDING FIGURE
stone; signed in syllabics
11 x 4 x 3 in — 27.9 x 10.2 x 7.6 cm
PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, Ontario
$400 — 600
44
MATHEW AQIGAAQ ᒪᑐ ᐊᑭᒐ (1940-2010), QAMANI’TUAQ (BAKER LAKE) DRUM DANCER, CA. 1985 stone, antler; signed in syllabics
10.5 x 8.25 x 3.5 in — 26.7 x 21 x 8.9 cm
PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, Alberta
$1,000 — 1,500
JOLLY ANINGMIUQ ᔭᓕ (1954-2000), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET) WOMAN WITH BRAIDS
stone, antler; signed in syllabics
21 x 12 x 7 in — 53.3 x 30.5 x 17.8 cm
PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, Ontario
$800 — 1,200
46
UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST, ARCTIC QUEBEC HUNTER WITH CARIBOU
stone, antler, whalebone, sinew; unsigned including base 11.75 x 12 x 7.5 in —
29.8 x 30.5 x 19.1 cm
PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, Ontario
$800 — 1,200
47
PAULOOSIE AKITIRQ (1935-1995), IKPIARJUK (ARCTIC BAY) HUNTER WITH SEALS stone; signed in Roman 9.25 x 11.5 x 7.5 in — 23.5 x 29.2 x 19.1 cm
PROVENANCE: Private Estate, Toronto, ON
$300 — 500
48
UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST, KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET) ARCTIC HARE stone; initialled “KP” 6 x 4.25 x 3.25 in — 15.2 x 10.8 x 8.3 cm
PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Ontario
$300 — 400
OVILOO TUNNILLIE ᐅᕕᓗ ᑐᓂᓕ, RCA (1949-2014), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)
BIRD, 1987
stone; unsigned
2.25 x 7.5 x 4.25 in — 5.7 x 19.1 x 10.8 cm
PROVENANCE:
Acquired directly from the artist by Paul Hallett, Nunavut Gallery, 1987
$300 — 400
50
NAPACHIE SHARKY ᓇᐸᓯ ᓴᑭ (1971-2018), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)
BIRD stone; signed in syllabics
8 x 4.5 x 3.25 in — 20.3 x 11.4 x 8.3 cm
PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Ontario
$200 — 300
51
JOANASIE MANNING (B. 1967), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)
OWL AND OWLET stone, antler; unsigned 7.25 x 11 x 4 in — 18.4 x 27.9 x 10.2 cm
PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, British Columbia
$600 — 900
52
SAMMY ANNAHATAK ᓴᒥ ᐊᓇᑲᑕ (ᖯ. 1929), KANGIRSUK (PAYNE BAY)
BIRD AND BEAR AT HOLE IN ICE, 1978 stone; signed in syllabics; dated 5.5 x 7.25 x 3.5 in — 14 x 18.4 x 8.9 cm
PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, Hamilton, ON
$500 — 700
MELIA PADLUQ ᒥᓕᐊ ᐸᓗ (B. 1940), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)
SEDNA stone; signed in syllabics
5.5 x 7.5 x 2.5 in — 14 x 19.1 x 6.4 cm
PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, Ontario
$600 — 800 54
TOONOO SHARKY ᑐᓄ ᓴᑭ, RCA (B. 1970), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET) TRANSFORMATION, 1995 stone; signed in syllabics; dated 2.25 x 9.25 x 1.75 in — 5.7 x 23.5 x 4.4 cm
PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, Ontario
$700 — 900
55
PITSEOLAK NIVIAQSI ᐱᓯᐃᓚ ᓂᕕᐊᓯ, RCA (1947-2015), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)
LONG NECKED BIRD
stone; signed in syllabics 6.75 x 13.5 x 2.25 in — 17.1 x 34.3 x 5.7 cm
PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, Ontario
$1,000 — 2,000
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PANILUK QAMANIRQ ᐸᓂᓗᒃ (B. 1935), IKPIARJUK (ARCTIC BAY)
ANIMAL, 1973
stone; signed in Roman; dated 3.5 x 6.25 x 1.5 in — 8.9 x 15.9 x 3.8 cm
PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, Hamilton, ON
$200 — 300
57
KENOJUAK ASHEVAK ᑭᓄᐊᔪᐊ ᐊᓯᕙ, CC, RCA (1927-2013), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)
UNTITLED (BIRD IN LANDSCAPE)
felt tip and coloured pencil on paper; signed in syllabics
sheet 20 x 25.5 in — 50.8 x 64.8 cm
PROVENANCE: Eagle Spirit Gallery, Vancouver, BC
$2,000 — 3,000
58
PITALOOSIE SAILA ᐱᑕᓗᓯ ᓴᐃᓚ, RCA (1942-2021), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)
UNTITLED (MOTHER WITH CHILD IN AMAUTI)
felt tip on paper; signed in Roman and syllabics
sheet 13 x 10 in — 33 x 25.4 cm
PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Calgary, AB
$800 — 1,200
59
PITALOOSIE SAILA ᐱᑕᓗᓯ ᓴᐃᓚ, RCA (1942-2021), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)
UNTITLED (CAMP)
felt tip on paper; signed in Roman and syllabics
sheet 13 x 19.75 in — 33 x 50.2 cm
PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, Calgary, AB
$400 — 600
60
JUTAI TOONOO ᔪᑌ ᑐᓄ (1959-2015), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)
IQALUIT PREHISTORY DIPTYCH #1 & 2, 2009 oil on board; signed in syllabics; titled, dated, and inscribed verso “#2 CD189 -272-am-2009120-15.2x22.9cm CTP 8857 / #1 CD 189-274-am2009-120-15.1x22.9cm CPT 8856”; framed with UV protective glass each panel 5.75 x 9 in — 14.6 x 22.9 cm
PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, Toronto, ON
$400 — 600
ARNAQU ASHEVAK ᐊᓇᑯ (1956-2009), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)
UNTITLED (WHALE WITH CALF), 1998 felt tip and graphite on paper; signed in Roman and dated sheet 20 x 26 in — 50.8 x 66 cm
PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, Vermont, USA
$1,000 — 1,500
62
QUVIANAQTUK PUDLAT
ᑯᕕᐊᓇᑐ ᐳᓚ (ᖯ. 1962), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)
UNTITLED (CARIBOU), 2017 coloured pencil and felt tip on paper; signed in syllabics; dated verso sheet 23 x 30 in — 58.4 x 76.2 cm
PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Hamilton, ON
$400 — 600
63
JOHN KAVIK ᔭᓐ ᑲᕕ (1897-1993), KANGIQLINIQ (RANKIN INLET)
UNTITLED (DRUM DANCE), CA. 1980 coloured pencil on paper; signed in syllabics sheet 9.5 x 12.5 in — 24.1 x 31.8 cm
PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Alberta
$700 — 900
64
JANET KIGUSIUQ ᔭᓇ ᑭᒍᓯᐊ (1926-2005), QAMANI’TUAQ (BAKER LAKE)
UNTITLED (CAMP SCENE) coloured pencil and graphite on paper; signed in syllabics; disc number inscribed sheet 23 x 29 in — 58.4 x 73.7 cm
PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Hamilton, ON
$300 — 500
SIMON TOOKOOME ᑐᑯᒥ (1934-2010), QAMANI’TUAQ (BAKER LAKE)
UNTITLED (ANIMALS)
coloured pencil on paper; signed in syllabics sheet 20.5 x 26 in — 52.1 x 66 cm
PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, Hamilton, ON
$300 — 500
66
SIMON TOOKOOME ᑐᑯᒥ (1934-2010), QAMANI’TUAQ (BAKER LAKE)
UNTITLED (TRANSFORMATION FACES WITH ANIMALS)
coloured pencil on paper; signed in syllabics sheet 22.25 x 30 in — 56.5 x 76.2 cm
PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, Hamilton, ON
$300 — 500
67
WAYNE PUQIQNAK ᐳᑭᓇ (B. 1975), UQSUQTUUQ (GJOA HAVEN) SPIRIT, 1997
stone, antler; signed in syllabics and dated 11.5 x 6.5 x 7 in — 29.2 x 16.5 x 17.8 cm
PROVENANCE:
Eagle Spirit Gallery, Vancouver, BC
$300 — 500
68
WAYNE PUQIQNAK ᐳᑭᓇ (B. 1975), UQSUQTUUQ (GJOA HAVEN) SHAMAN DRUM DANCER stone, antler; unsigned 7 x 5 x 6 in — 17.8 x 12.7 x 15.2 cm
PROVENANCE: Eagle Spirit Gallery, Vancouver, BC
$600 — 900
WAYNE PUQIQNAK ᐳᑭᓇ (B. 1975), UQSUQTUUQ (GJOA HAVEN)
HUNTER THROWING BOLAS
stone, leather, antler; signed in syllabics
6 x 4.75 x 9 in — 15.2 x 12.1 x 22.9 cm
PROVENANCE:
Eagle Spirit Gallery, Vancouver, BC
$600 — 900
70
MATHEW AQIGAAQ ᒪᑐ ᐊᑭᒐ (1940-2010), QAMANI’TUAQ (BAKER LAKE)
WALRUS
stone, ivory; signed in syllabics
6 x 13 x 4.5 in — 15.2 x 33 x 11.4 cm
PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Ontario
$400 — 600
71
GEORGE ARLUK ᐊᓗ (1949-2023), ARVIAT (ESKIMO POINT)
SPIRIT FIGURE
stone; signed in syllabics; sticker to underside inscribed “SPIRIT / Arlook / Baker Lake / Reg. # 031C-005”
11 x 7.5 x 6 in — 27.9 x 19.1 x 15.2 cm
PROVENANCE:
Eagle Spirit Gallery, Vancouver, BC
$300 — 500
72
GEORGE ARLUK ᐊᓗ (1949-2023), ARVIAT (ESKIMO POINT)
SPIRIT
stone; signed in syllabics
8 x 3.5 x 3 in — 20.3 x 8.9 x 7.6 cm
PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Ontario
$300 — 500
GEORGE ARLUK ᐊᓗ (1949-2023), ARVIAT (ESKIMO POINT)
FIGURES
stone; signed in syllabics
6.25 x 6 x 3.5 in — 15.9 x 15.2 x 8.9 cm
PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, Ontario
$200 — 300
74
LEVI ALASUA PIRTI SMITH ᓕᕙᐃ (1927-1986), PUVIRNITUQ (POVUNGNITUK)
CREATURE
stone; signed in Roman; sticker affixed to underside inscribed “Levi Alasua “Smith” Pirti / 1926 / Povugnituk / Master Works Exhibitor”
2.75 x 8.25 x 8.25 in — 7 x 21 x 21 cm
PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, British Columbia
$200 — 300
HENRY KATAQUAPIT, CREE BEAR, 2004
stone; signed in Roman; dated 6.5 x 12.5 x 5 in — 16.5 x 31.8 x 12.7 cm
PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Ontario
$200 — 400
77
UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST WOLF
stone; signed in Roman “Kelly” 4.75 x 19.75 x 4.5 in — 12.1 x 50.2 x 11.4 cm
PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, Ontario
$800 — 1,200
JOHNNY LEE PUDLAT ᔭᓂ ᐳᓚ (ᖯ. 1971), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)
DANCING BEAR
stone; signed in syllabics
12.75 x 8.5 x 7.25 in — 32.4 x 21.6 x 18.4 cm
PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Ontario
$700 — 900
79
KENOJUAK ASHEVAK ᑭᓄᐊᔪᐊ ᐊᓯᕙ, CC, RCA (1927-2013), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET) TULUGAK, 1979
lithograph; titled, dated, and numbered 33/50; artist’s name in Roman and syllabics sheet 31.25 x 22.25 in — 79.4 x 56.5 cm
PROVENANCE: Gallery Indigena, Stratford, ON Private Collection, Ontario
$1,000 — 1,500
80
KENOJUAK ASHEVAK
ᑭᓄᐊᔪᐊ ᐊᓯᕙ, CC, RCA (1927-2013), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)
CARRIED AWAY, 2007
lithograph; titled, dated, and numbered 12/50; artist’s name in Roman and syllabics sheet 22.5 x 30 in — 57.2 x 76.2 cm
PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, Ontario
$700 — 900
81
SAIMAIYU AKESUK ᓴᐃᒻᒪᐃᔪ ᐊᑭᓱᒃ (B. 1986), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)
STRUTTING BIRD, 2003
screenprint; titled, dated, and numbered 2/50; artist’s name in syllabics sheet 25.5 x 17.25 in — 64.8 x 43.8 cm
PROVENANCE: Private Collection, British Columbia
$400 — 600
HENRY EVALUARDJUK ᐃᕙᓗᐊᔪ (1932-2007), IQALUIT FROBISHER BAY)
STRIDING BEAR
stone; signed in Roman and syllabics
3 x 8.5 x 3.35 in — 7.6 x 21.6 x 8.5 cm
PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, Ontario
$2,000 — 4,000 83
MEELIA KELLY ᒥᓕᐊ ᑭᓕ (1940-2006), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)
FIVE AND A HALF BIRDS, 2004 etching and aquatint; titled, dated, and numbered 10/50; artist’s name in Roman and syllabics
sheet 31.25 x 41 in — 79.4 x 104.1 cm
PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Vermont, USA
$500 — 700
84
PITALOOSIE SAILA ᐱᑕᓗᓯ
, RCA (1942-2021), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)
SPARKLING LOON, 2015 etching and aquatint; titled, dated, and numbered 23/50; artist’s name in Roman and syllabics
sheet 24 x 27.5 in — 61 x 69.9 cm
PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, Vermont, USA
$400 — 600
85
NAPATCHIE POOTOOGOOK ᓇᐸᓯ
(1938-2002), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)
IGLOO INTERIOR, 1998 etching and aquatint; titled, dated, and numbered 5/50; artist’s name in Roman and syllabics
sheet 24 x 26 in — 61 x 66 cm
PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Vermont, USA
$500 — 700
SHUVINAI ASHOONA ᓱᕕᓂ ᐊᓱᓇ (B. 1961), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)
EXOTIC WOMAN, 2010
lithograph; titled, dated, and numbered 3/50; artist’s name in Roman and syllabics sheet 34 x 14.75 in — 86.4 x 37.5 cm
PROVENANCE:
Private Estate, Toronto, ON
$400 — 600
87
QAVAVAU MANUMIE ᑲᕙᕙᐅ ᒪᓄᒥ (B. 1958), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)
ARNINIQ INUUSIQ (BREATH OF LIFE), 2017 stonecut and stencil; titled, dated, and numbered 45/50; artist’s name in Roman and syllabics sheet 24 x 31 in — 61 x 78.7 cm
PROVENANCE:
Private Estate, Toronto, ON
$500 — 700
88
TIM PITSIULAK ᑎᒻ ᐱᓯᐃᓚ (1967-2013), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)
SOPER RIVER CROSSING, 2017 stonecut; titled, dated, and numbered 45/50; artist’s name in Roman and syllabics sheet 13.75 x 36.75 in — 34.9 x 93.3 cm
PROVENANCE:
Private Estate, Toronto, ON
$700 — 900
89
KANANGINAK POOTOOGOOK ᑲᓇᒋᓇ ᐳᑐᒍᑭ, RCA (1935-2010), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)
SWIMMING BEARS, 1999 stencil; titled, dated, and numbered 19/50; artist’s name in Roman and syllabics sheet 19 x 30 in — 48.3 x 76.2 cm
PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, Vermont, USA
$700 — 900
KANANGINAK POOTOOGOOK
ᑲᓇᒋᓇ ᐳᑐᒍᑭ, RCA (1935-2010), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)
OWL AWAITS, 2008
stonecut and stencil; titled, dated, and numbered 17/50; artist’s name in Roman and syllabics
sheet 20 x 12.75 in — 50.8 x 32.4 cm
PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, Vermont, USA
$400 — 600
91
KANANGINAK POOTOOGOOK
ᑲᓇᒋᓇ ᐳᑐᒍᑭ, RCA (1935-2010), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)
A LEMMING FOR THE YOUNG ONES, 1982 lithograph; titled, dated, and numbered 14/50; artist’s name in Roman and syllabics sheet 22 x 30 in — 55.9 x 76.2 cm
PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, Summerside, PEI
$500 — 700
TOMMY TAKPANIE JR. ᑕᐸᓂ (ᖯ. 1964), IQALUIT (FROBISHER BAY)
BEAR
stone; signed in Roman and syllabics
3.5 x 5.5 x 2.75 in — 8.9 x 14 x 7 cm
PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, Ontario
$200 — 300
93
SARAH KIMAGYOGINA NOVOLIGAK (B. 1920), KUGLUKTUK (COPPERMINE)
BEAR
stone; signed in Roman
7 x 17 x 4 in — 17.8 x 43.2 x 10.2 cm
PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, British Columbia
$400 — 600
UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST
SEATED BEAR stone; unsigned
8 x 4 x 5 in — 20.3 x 10.2 x 12.7 cm
PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, British Columbia
$200 — 400
95
UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST, KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)
DANCING BEAR stone; unsigned
11 x 4.5 x 5 in — 27.9 x 11.4 x 12.7 cm
PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, Toronto, ON
$500 — 700
96
PAUL KAVIK ᑲᕕ (B. 1948), SANIKILUAQ (BELCHER ISLANDS) BEAR
stone; signed in Roman 5.25 x 16 x 3.25 in — 13.3 x 40.6 x 8.3 cm
PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Ontario
$700 — 900
97
ALLIE APPAQAQ JR. ᐊᓕ (ᖯ. 1943), SANIKILUAQ (BELCHER ISLANDS) SWIMMING BIRD
stone; signed in syllabics; disc number inscribed; Paul Becker Collection inventory sticker present
7 x 9 x 4.25 in — 17.8 x 22.9 x 10.8 cm
PROVENANCE: Paul Becker, Toronto, ON Private Collection, Ontario
$300 — 500
JOHNNY ACULIAK ᔪᐊᓂ ᐊᑯᓕᐊᕐᒃ (1951-2008), UMIUJAQ POLAR BEAR AND SEAL stone; signed in syllabics
9.25 x 6.5 x 3 in — 23.5 x 16.5 x 7.6 cm
PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, Toronto, ON
$200 — 300
99
JOHNNY INUKPUK ᔭᓂ ᐃᓄᐸ, RCA (1911-2007), INUKJUAK (PORT HARRISON) MAN TALKING TO A RAVEN, 1978 stone, bone; unsigned; dated 10 x 5.5 x 3.5 in — 25.4 x 14 x 8.9 cm
PROVENANCE: Private Collection, New Mexico, USA
$1,000 — 2,000
100
BARNABUS ARNASUNGAAQ
(1924-2017), QAMANI’TUAQ (BAKER LAKE) MUSK OX
stone; unsigned 3 x 6.5 x 2.75 in — 7.6 x 16.5 x 7 cm
PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, Ontario
$700 — 900
101
JONASIE FABER ᔪᓇᓯ (B. 1948), QAQORTOQ (GREENLAND) MUSK OX, 1988
stone; signed in Roman and syllabics; dated 7.25 x 10.75 x 4.5 in — 18.4 x 27.3 x 11.4 cm
PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, Ontario
$600 — 800
102
SEEPEE IPEELIE ᓯᐱ ᐃᐱᓕ (1940-2000), IQALUIT (FROBISHER BAY)
MUSK OX, 1993; MUSK OX, 1998
stone, antler; signed in syllabics; dated largest 3 x 6.25 x 2.25 in — 7.6 x 15.9 x 5.7 cm
PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, Ontario
$400 — 600
103
NUVEEYA IPELLIE ᓄᕕᐊ ᐃᐱᓕ (1920-2010), IQALUIT (FROBISHER BAY)
MUSK OX
stone, antler; signed in Roman 5 x 8.25 x 3.5 in — 12.7 x 21 x 8.9 cm
PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, Ontario
$500 — 700
104
PUDLO PUDLAT ᐳᓗ ᐳᓚ (1916-1992), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)
MY YOUTHFUL FANTASY, 1985 stonecut and stencil; titled, dated, and numbered 42/50; artist’s name in Roman and syllabics
sheet 25 x 35 in — 63.5 x 88.9 cm
PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, Hamilton, ON
$500 — 700
105
PUDLO PUDLAT ᐳᓗ ᐳᓚ (1916-1992), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)
LOONS PROTECTING YOUNG, 1984 stonecut and stencil; titled, dated, and numbered 45/50; artist’s name in Roman and syllabics
sheet 24 x 31.75 in — 61 x 80.6 cm
PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, Hamilton, ON
$500 — 700
106
PUDLO PUDLAT ᐳᓗ ᐳᓚ (1916-1992), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)
SEALS SURFACING, 1985
stonecut and stencil; titled, dated, and numbered 30/50; artist’s name in Roman and syllabics
sheet 25 x 31.5 in — 63.5 x 80 cm
PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, Hamilton, ON
$400 — 600
107
PUDLO PUDLAT ᐳᓗ ᐳᓚ (1916-1992), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)
QULAGULI, 1979
stonecut and stencil; titled, dated, and numbered 40/50; artist’s name in Roman and syllabics
sheet 23.5 x 33 in — 59.7 x 83.8 cm
PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, Hamilton, ON
$500 — 700
108
LUKE IKSIKTAARYUK ᐃᓯᑕᔪ (1909-1977), QAMANI’TUAQ (BAKER LAKE)
CRANE, 1970
stonecut ; titled, dated, and numbered 49/50; artist’s and printer’s names in Roman and syllabics sheet 21.5 x 30.75 in — 54.6 x 78.1 cm
PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, Alberta
$800 — 1,200
109
PAUTA SAILA ᐸᐅᑕ ᓯᓚ, RCA (1916-2009), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)
TWO GEESE, 1967
stonecut; titled, dated, and numbered 18/50; artist’s name in Roman and syllabics sheet 24.5 x 33.5 in — 62.2 x 85.1 cm
PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Quebec
$600 — 800
110
NIKOTAI MILLS (B. 1936), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)
TULLIARAIT (YOUNG LOONS), 1996
stonecut and stencil; titled, dated, and numbered 29/50; artist’s name in Roman and syllabics sheet 24.5 x 31 in — 62.2 x 78.7 cm
PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, Vermont, USA
$200 — 300
111
JAMASIE TEEVEE ᔭᒥᓯ ᑎᕕ (1910-1985), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)
FAMILY AND OWL, 1981 stonecut; titled, dated, and numbered 26/50; artist’s name in Roman and syllabics sheet 20.75 x 28 in — 52.7 x 71.1 cm
PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, Vermont, USA
$200 — 400
112
PARR ᐸ (1893-1969), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)
UNTITLED (ANIMALS), 1962 etching; numbered 35/50; artist’s name in Roman sight 10.5 x 12.25 in — 26.7 x 31.1 cm
PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Ontario
$500 — 700
113
PARR ᐸ (1893-1969), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET) HARPOONING WALRUS, 1963 engraving; titled, dated, and numbered 13/50; artist’s name in Roman sheet 12.5 x 17.75 in — 31.8 x 45.1 cm
PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Hamilton, ON
$500 — 700
LUCY QINNUAYUAK ᓗᓯ ᑭᓐᐅᐊᔪᐊ (1915-1982), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)
UNTITLED (BIRD AND SEAL), 1962 engraving; numbered 35/50; artist’s name in Roman sight 11 x 14 in — 27.9 x 35.6 cm
PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, British Columbia
$200 — 400
115
KANANGINAK POOTOOGOOK
ᑲᓇᒋᓇ ᐳᑐᒍᑭ, RCA (1935-2010), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)
SUMMER CARIBOU, 1973 engraving; titled, dated, and numbered 6/50; artist’s name in Roman sheet 12.5 x 17 in — 31.8 x 43.2 cm
PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, Hamilton, ON
$400 — 600
116
KENOJUAK ASHEVAK ᑭᓄᐊᔪᐊ
, CC, RCA (1927-2013), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)
GULLS AND BEARS, 1969
engraving; titled, dated, and numbered 41/50; artist’s name in Roman sheet 13 x 14.25 in — 33 x 36.2 cm
PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, British Columbia
$400 — 600
117
HELEN KALVAK, CM, RCA (1901-1984) AND MARK EMERAK (1901-1983), ULUKHAKTOK (HOLMAN)
KALVAK/EMERAK MEMORIAL
PORTFOLIO, 1987
twelve stonecuts, stencils, lithographs; complete limited edition print portfolio including Waiting, Sharing the Hunt, Water Bugs, Cycle of Nature, Calling for Seals, and The Power of Amulets by Helen Kalvak; also including The Great Whirlpool, Summer Fishing, The Shaman Seeks an Answer, Shaman Harpooned, Feasting on Caribou, and Winter and Summer Hunt by Mark Emerak; accompanied by the Kalvak/Emerak Memorial Catalogue, 1987; catalogue housed in the original linen archival portfolio; accompanied by the original packaging each sheet 19.75 x 25.5 in — 50.2 x 64.8 cm
PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, United Kingdom
$1,000 — 1,500
118
CONLUCY NIVIAXIE ᑯᓂᓗᓯ (1940–2012), INUKJUAK (PORT HARRISON)
HUNTER AND CATCH
stone; signed in syllabics
9.25 x 5.25 x 3.5 in — 23.5 x 13.3 x 8.9 cm
PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, Toronto, ON
$60 — 80
119
JUANASI QINUAJUA TULUGA (B. 1948), PUVIRNITUQ (POVUNGNITUK)
SHAMAN WHO WOULDN’T HUNT, 1996 stone, antler; signed in Roman; dated overall 12 x 8.5 x 4 in — 30.5 x 21.6 x 10.2 cm
PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, Toronto, ON
$400 — 600
120
TOMMY TAKPANIE SR. ᑕᐸᓂ (1936-2013), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)
DRUM DANCER
stone, antler; signed in Roman and syllabics; disc number inscribed
8.5 x 8 x 5.5 in — 21.6 x 20.3 x 14 cm
PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, Toronto, ON
$300 — 500
121
NOAH KELLY (B. 1978), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)
BEAR SPIRIT DRUMMER
stone; signed in Roman 9.75 x 3.75 x 3.5 in — 24.8 x 9.5 x 8.9 cm
PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, Ontario
$300 — 500
122
POSSIBLY EKIDLUA TEEVEE ᑎᕕ (B. 1984), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET) HANDSTAND
stone; unsigned
7 x 3 x 2.25 in — 17.8 x 7.6 x 5.7 cm
PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, Ontario
$200 — 400
123
UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST, PUVIRNITUQ (POVUNGNITUK) HUNTER
stone; signed in Roman “Noah”
9 x 6 x 3.25 in — 22.9 x 15.2 x 8.3 cm
PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, Hamilton, ON
$500 — 700
124
UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST, SALLUIT (SUGLUK) HUNTER AND CATCH, CA. 1960 stone, antler, hide; unsigned
7.5 x 7 x 4.5 in — 19.1 x 17.8 x 11.4 cm
PROVENANCE: Private Collection, British Columbia
$100 — 200
125
UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST, PANNIRTUQ (PANGNIRTUNG) HUNTER whalebone; unsigned
20.5 x 6.25 x 4 in — 52.1 x 15.9 x 10.2 cm
PROVENANCE:
Private Estate, Toronto, ON $300 — 500
MANASIE AKPALIAPIK ᒪᓇᓯ ᐊᐸᓕᐊᐱ (B. 1955), IKPIARJUK (ARCTIC BAY) OWL IN FLIGHT
whalebone, baleen; unsigned
7 x 16.75 x 8.25 in — 17.8 x 42.5 x 21 cm
PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, Ontario
$800 — 1,200
127
UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST
WALRUS HEAD
whalebone, antler; unsigned
8 x 9 x 9 in — 20.3 x 22.9 x 22.9 cm
PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, British Columbia
$80 — 100
128
SIMEONIE ALLURUT (1939-1986), IKPIARJUK (ARCTIC BAY)
PTARMIGAN
whalebone; unsigned; accompanied by a “Canada Eskimo Art” tag inscribed “Arctic Bay / Ailurut / 8372/124 / Ptarmigan”
10 x 3.5 x 6 in — 25.4 x 8.9 x 15.2 cm
PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, British Columbia
$80 — 100
129
ANAKUDLAK SHIMOUT (B. 1940), SALLIQ (CORAL HARBOUR) LOON
whalebone; unsigned; tag on underside inscribed “7921 / A. Shimout”
5 x 12 x 4 in — 12.7 x 30.5 x 10.2 cm
PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, British Columbia
$80 — 100
UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST, WESTERN ARCTIC TRANSFORMATION
ivory, stone; unsigned
1.75 x 2.75 x 1 in — 4.4 x 7 x 2.5 cm
PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Ontario
$60 — 80
131
ALOOLOO INUTIQ ᐊᓗᓗ ᐃᓄᑎ (1932-1985), KANGIQTUGAAPIK (CLYDE RIVER) DANCING WALRUS
stone, ivory; signed in syllabics
3 x 2 x 2 in — 7.6 x 5.1 x 5.1 cm
PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Ontario
$200 — 300
132
ALOOLOO INUTIQ ᐊᓗᓗ ᐃᓄᑎ (1932-1985), KANGIQTUGAAPIK (CLYDE RIVER)
BEAR WITH SEAL ivory; unsigned 2 x 1 x .75 in — 5.1 x 2.5 x 1.9 cm
PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, Ontario
$100 — 200
133
UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST
POLAR BEAR
ivory; signed in roman “Salomaa”
overall 4.5 x 5 x 2.75 in — 11.4 x 12.7 x 7 cm
PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, Hamilton, ON
$80 — 100
134
UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST CRIBBAGE BOARD WITH INCISED PICTORIAL DESIGNS, 19TH CENTURY
ivory; unsigned
1 x 2.75 x 10.75 in — 2.5 x 7 x 27.3 cm
PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Toronto, ON
$500 — 700
135
UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST, WESTERN ARCTIC BOWHEAD WHALE
ivory; unsigned
1.5 x 2.25 x 1.5 in — 3.8 x 5.7 x 3.8 cm
PROVENANCE:
$60 — 80
136
UNIDENTIFIED ARTISTS, KUGAARUK (PELLY BAY), IGLULIK (IGLOOLIK) ROOSTING BIRDS; THREE FIGURES
stone, ivory; unsigned; old sticker to underside inscribed “Aerluk / 139 / P.B.”; unsigned; old sticker to underside inscribed “88 / Igloolik” .75 x 3.5 x 1.75 in — 1.9 x 8.9 x 4.4 cm
PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, Ontario
$200 — 300
137
MARK TUNGILIK ᒪᑭ ᑕᒐᓕ (1913-1986); LUCIE EEYAITOK AKKUARDJUK ᐊᑯᐊᔪ (B. 1921) OR PAUL AKKUARDJUK ᐊᑯᐊᔪ (1914-1974), NAUJAAT (REPULSE BAY) FIGURES
stone, ivory; signed in syllabics; old sticker to underside inscribed “Repulse Bay 171”; signed in syllabics; old sticker to underside inscribed “Repulse Bay / Ivory / Akuardjuk” largest 2 x 2.25 x 1 in — 5.1 x 5.7 x 2.5 cm
PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, Ontario
$200 — 300
UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST, KIMMIRUT (LAKE HARBOUR)
BEARS DREAM OF BELUGA; BEAR HEAD stone, ivory; unsigned largest 1.5 x 6.75 x 3 in — 3.8 x 17.1 x 7.6 cm
PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, Toronto, ON
$100 — 200
139
DAVIDEE NINGEOAK (B. 1925), IQALUIT (FROBISHER BAY); E. KONWNIAK, ARVIAT (ESKIMO POINT)
FISH AND BIRD, CA. 1958 stone; fish signed in Roman and disc number inscribed; bird unsigned and disc number inscribed largest 2.75 x 6 x 1.5 in — 7 x 15.2 x 3.8 cm
PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, Toronto, ON
NOTE:
The bird in the present lot was carved while the artist was in residence at the Mountain Sanatorium (now Chedoke Campus) in Hamilton Ontario.
The Mountain sanatorium in Hamilton was a facility designated as a tuberculosis treatment center for the Eastern Arctic which hosted over 1,200 Inuit between 1953 and 1963.
As a form of occupational therapy, and at the request of hospital residents, male patients would carve, while women would sew, embroider, and make dolls in their beds.1
Artworks made at the Mountain Sanatorium were the subject of a 2017 exhibition at the Art Gallery of Hamilton titled “Carving Home: The Chedoke Collection of Inuit Art.”
1 Caitlin Sutherland, “Carving Home: The Chedoke Collection of Inuit Art”, Inuit Art Quarterly. December 5, 2017
$100 — 200
140
PAUL TOOLOOKTOOK ᐸᓪ ᑐᓗᑐ (1947-2003); ELIZABETH ULUTA ANGOTINGOAR (B. 1948), QAMANI’TUAQ (BAKER LAKE); NAUJAAT (REPULSE BAY) FIGURE AND HEAD
stone; figure signed in syllabics; head has no visible signature, label affixed to underside inscribed with disc number and reads: “Repulse Bay / Elizabeth”
largest 3.25 x 3.5 x 4.25 in — 8.3 x 8.9 x 10.8 cm
PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, Toronto, ON
$100 — 200
141
LUCY TASSEOR TUTSWEETOK
ᓗᓯ ᑕᓯᐅ ᑎᓯᑕ (1934-2012); LUKE ANOWTALIK ᓗ ᐊᓇᐅᑕᓕ (1932-2006), ARVIAT (ESKIMO POINT) RAMBUNCTIOUS FIGURE AND FAMILIES stone; unsigned, inventory number inscribed “K6 055-1”; signed in syllabics largest 1 x 5 x 1 in — 2.5 x 12.7 x 2.5 cm
PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, Toronto, ON
$150 — 250
142
NINGEOSIAK ASHOONA ᓂᒋᐅᓱᐊ
(B. 1979), KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)
LOONS, 2017
stone; one signed in Roman; two unsigned
7.25 x 8.5 x 2 in — 18.4 x 21.6 x 5.1 cm;
6.75 x 9 x 2 in — 17.1 x 22.9 x 5.1 cm;
4.25 x 5.5 x 1.5 in — 10.8 x 14 x 3.8 cm
PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, British Columbia
$400 — 600
143
UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST
HUNTER AND KAYAK
sealskin, cotton cloth, hide, ivory, wood, fur, steel; unsigned
27.5 x 4 x 5 in — 14 x 66 x 17.8 cm
PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, Toronto, ON
$300 — 500
UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST BASKET WITH BIRD KNOP grass, stone
11 x 8.5 x 8.5 in — 27.9 x 21.6 x 21.6 cm
PROVENANCE:
Private Collection, British Columbia
$200 — 400
