Puvirnituq, Woman Who Killed a Polar Bear with
6.2 cms x 9.69 cms x 3.81 cms (2.5 ins x 3.75 ins x 2.5 ins)
Signed "KOMA" and in syllabics
Lot offered for sale by Walker's, Ottawa at the auction event "Inuit Art & First Nations Art Auction of November 15th, 2014" held on Sat, Nov 15, 2014.
Lot 110
Lot 110
Estimate: CAD $1,000 - $1,500
Realised: CAD $1,062
Realised: CAD $1,062
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
Daniel Quma Angiju (1929-1979)
Puvirnituq
Woman Who Killed a Polar Bear with
a Mitten, 1978, grey-black stone
signed "KOMA" and in syllabics
2.5 x 3.75 x 1.5 in, 6.2 x 9.7 x 4 cm
Illustrated in Harold Seidelman and James Turner, The Inuit Imagination: Arctic Myth and Sculpture, 1993, fig. 79. Exhibited in the Inuit Imagination travelling exhibition (WAG, 1993-94).
Most realised prices include the Buyer's Premium of 18-25%, but not the HST/GST Tax.
(*) Text and/or Image might be subject matter of Copyright. Check with Walker's auction house for permission to use.
(*) Text and/or Image might be subject matter of Copyright. Check with Walker's auction house for permission to use.