An Evil Angaok
54.6 cms x 75.59 cms (21.5 ins x 29.76 ins)
1975, 11/50, Condition Noted
printed in 1975
Lot offered for sale by Waddington's, Toronto at the auction event "Inuit Art Online Auction" held on Thu, Jan 28, 2016.
Lot 128
Lot 128
Estimate: CAD $100 - $200
Sale price withheld by the Auction house
Sale price withheld by the Auction house
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
Used as the cover art for Peter Morgan (Mary M. Craig, Montreal: La Fédération des Coopératives du Nouveau-Québec, 1976). In the catalogue, Morgan explains, “A long time ago, an evil angagoak (one with spiritual powers) turned polar bears into human beings and Inuit into Polar bears.”
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