Muskox Shaman, c. early-mid 1990s, stone, muskox horn, antler
49.5 cms x 35.5 cms x 31.75 cms (19.5 ins x 14 ins x 19.5 ins)
Signed in syllabics and "UP"
Lot offered for sale by Walker's, Ottawa at the auction event "Inuit & First Nations Art Auction of November 22, 2017" held on Wed, Nov 22, 2017.
Lot 153
Lot 153
Estimate: CAD $3,000 - $5,000
Realised: CAD $8,850
Realised: CAD $8,850
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
Uriash Puqiqnak CM (1946-) m.
Gjoa Haven, Muskox Shaman, c. early-mid 1990s, stone, muskox horn, antler, hide and wood, signed in syllabics and "UP", 19.5 x 14 x 12.5 in, 49.5 x 35.5 x 31.7 cm
Provenance: Pruzansky Collection; Waddington's April 2010
References: see the section on Uriash Puqiqnak in Wight, Art & Expression of the Netsilik (2000) pp. 130-135; see a similar composition by Judas Ullulaq in Walker's May 2015 (Lot 66).
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