Lily Uijakki Okituk (1933) - Woman Scraping A Skin; Woman Mending A Kamik

Woman Scraping A Skin

stone
7.6 cms x 10.8 cms x 4.39 cms (2.99 ins x 4.25 ins x 2.99 ins)
Dated 1975, Signed In Syllabics; Signed Indistinctly
sculpted in 1975
Lot offered for sale by Waddington's, Toronto at the auction event "Inuit Art Online Auction - September 15-18, 2014" held on Thu, Sep 18, 2014.
Lot 102
Estimate: CAD $400 - $600
Sale price withheld by the Auction house

Lot description - from the online catalogue*

Provenance:
Woman Mending Kamik: Purchased Waddington’s Auctioneers & Appraisers, November 2005, Lot 150,

Private Collection, USA
Notes:
For a similar piece, see “Woman Scraping a Skin: Lily Okituk (1975), The Inuit Artists of Sugluk, PQ, La Fédération des co-opératives du Nouveau Québec with the co-operation of the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs, 1976, p. 41
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 Waddington's auction house for permission to use.
Woman Scraping A Skin; Woman Mending A Kamik by artist Lily Uijakki Okituk