Lot 78
Attributed to: ISA OOMAYOUALOOK (1915-1976)
Additional Images
Provenance:
Private Collection, Hamilton, ON
Note:
This attribution is based on similar signed works by the artist from the Early Masters exhibition catalogue. Typical of the artist, the owl's wings are outspread with small incised circles on the breast. The bear is positioned in a begging posture on top of a large walrus head.
For other similar works, see Darlene Coward Wight, Early Masters: Inuit Sculpture 1949-1955, Winnipeg Art Gallery, 2006, p. 58-59 and,
James A. Houston, Eskimo Handicrafts, The Canadian Handicrafts Guild & The Dept. of Resources & Development, 1951. p. 11
CONDITION DETAILS
Good condition, no visible issues to report.
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