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Judas Ullulaq ᔪᑕ ᐅᓗᓚ (1937-1999)

Judas Ullulaq ᔪᑕ ᐅᓗᓚ (1937-1999)
Lot 1 Details
Judas Ullulaq ᔪᑕ ᐅᓗᓚ (1937-1999), Uqsuqtuuq (Gjoa Haven)

AMAYUKYUK, THE WOMAN WHO TRIED TO MAKE PEOPLE LAUGH, 1989

whalebone, ivory, baleen
unsigned
20.25 x 13 x 7.5 in — 51.4 x 33 x 19.1 cm

Estimate $5,000-$7,000

Realised: $17,500
Price Includes Buyer's Premium ?

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Judas Ullulaq ᔪᑕ ᐅᓗᓚ (1937-1999)
  • Judas Ullulaq ᔪᑕ ᐅᓗᓚ (1937-1999)
  • Judas Ullulaq ᔪᑕ ᐅᓗᓚ (1937-1999)
  • Judas Ullulaq ᔪᑕ ᐅᓗᓚ (1937-1999)
  • Judas Ullulaq ᔪᑕ ᐅᓗᓚ (1937-1999)
  • Judas Ullulaq ᔪᑕ ᐅᓗᓚ (1937-1999)
  • Judas Ullulaq ᔪᑕ ᐅᓗᓚ (1937-1999)
  • Judas Ullulaq ᔪᑕ ᐅᓗᓚ (1937-1999)
Provenance:

Private Collection, Toronto, ON

Literature:

Darlene Wight, Art & Expression of the Netsilik (Winnipeg Art Gallery, 2000), 162, pl. 158.

Note:

"This is the story about an evil woman who would try to make people laugh. If she succeeded, she would put them into her amautik and take them away with her. The crying figure here has suffered this fate. The woman is holding her pet dog. The victim in her amautik has horns for ears, and each horn has a tiny face..." Judas Ullulaq, 1997

[1] Darlene Wight, Art & Expression of the Netsilik (Winnipeg Art Gallery, 2000), 162.

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