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Inuit Art Auction

May 30, 2017

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LOT 82

Lot 82

OSUITOK IPEELEE, R.C.A. (1923-2005)

OSUITOK IPEELEE, R.C.A. (1923-2005)
Lot 82 Details
OSUITOK IPEELEE, R.C.A. (1923-2005), E7-1154, Cape Dorset / Kinngait

WALRUS SHAMAN

stone
c. 1965
34" x 12" x 9" — 86.4 x 30.5 x 22.9 cm.

Estimate $7,000-$10,000

Realised: $7,800
Price Includes Buyer's Premium ?

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OSUITOK IPEELEE, R.C.A. (1923-2005)
  • OSUITOK IPEELEE, R.C.A. (1923-2005)
Literature:

Jean Blodgett, The Coming and Going of the Shaman, Eskimo Shamanism and Art, The Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1978, page 76, 111

Note:

According to curator Jean Blodgett in The Coming and Going of the Shaman, to the angakoq (shaman), the walrus is one the most significant spirit helpers along with the bear and bird. “That false teeth or tusks were used considerably in the shamanic performance is attested by numerous reports and also by recurrence, in contemporary artworks, of the motif of a human with a set of tusks... According to accounts recorded in the historic period, these teeth grew from the shaman’s mouth.”

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