Seth Amagtangnek - Tupilak

Tupilak

stone
12.7 cms x 5.09 cms x 5.69 cms (5 ins x 2 ins x 5 ins)
Kungmiut, Greenland
Lot offered for sale by Waddington's, Toronto at the auction event "Fall Inuit Auction" held on Mon, Nov 8, 2010.
Lot 155
Estimate: CAD $400 - $600
Sale price withheld by the Auction house

Lot description - from the online catalogue*

Provenance:
Collected by a Danish nurse working in eastern Greenland in 1960.
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.
Tupilak by artist Seth Amagtangnek