Pangnirtung
Lot offered for sale by Walker's, Ottawa at the auction event "Inuit and First Nations Art Auction of May 3,2012" held on Thu, May 3, 2012.
Lot 132
Lot 132
Estimate: CAD $600 - $900
Realised: CAD $3,540
Realised: CAD $3,540
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
Aksayook Etooangat (1901-1995) m.
Pangnirtung
Model dog team and sled, ca. 1977, ivory, hide and colour, 2.25 x 22.5 x 5 in, 5.7 x 57.2 x 12.2 cm
"You really relied on the dogs. without them it was kind of hopeless." (Artist quoted in John Bennett and Susan Rowley, Uqalurait: An Oral History of Nunavut, McGill-Queen's UP, 2004, p. 280.) Examples of Aksayook's ivory carving (including a similar dog sled) can be seen in the Bildfell Collection at the ROM, Toronto, with works dating back to the 1940s (see www.rom.on.ca/exhibits/ivory/bildfell). He received an Order of Canada in 1995 for his work in transporting patients from outpost camps to the hospital in Pangnirtung.
Most realised prices include the Buyer's Premium of 18-25%, but not the HST/GST Tax.
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