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LOT 14

Lot 14

MIRIAM MAREALIK QIYUK ᒪᕆᐊᒪ ᑭᔪ (b. 1933)

MIRIAM MAREALIK QIYUK ᒪᕆᐊᒪ ᑭᔪ (b. 1933)
Lot 14 Details
MIRIAM MAREALIK QIYUK ᒪᕆᐊᒪ ᑭᔪ (b. 1933), Qamani’tuaq (Baker Lake)

FIGURES RECLINING AMIDST BIRDS

stone
signed in Roman
14.5 x 10 x 3 in — 36.8 x 25.4 x 7.6 cm

Estimate $1,000-$1,500

Realised: $1,440
Price Includes Buyer's Premium ?

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MIRIAM MAREALIK QIYUK ᒪᕆᐊᒪ ᑭᔪ (b. 1933)
  • MIRIAM MAREALIK QIYUK ᒪᕆᐊᒪ ᑭᔪ (b. 1933)
  • MIRIAM MAREALIK QIYUK ᒪᕆᐊᒪ ᑭᔪ (b. 1933)
Provenance:

Private collection, Toronto, ON

Note:

Throughout her career Miriam Marealik Qiyuk carved images of birds. Low relief carvings, bustling with avian heads, sometimes accompanied by figures as here where the image of two copulating figures and a child may illustrate an episode in the story of Kiviuq, a figure in Inuit mythology whose trials were in some stories eased by a protective bird amulet and instructions delivered by numerous small heads. [1]

(1) Allen, Joel, Bulletin of The American Museum of Natural History, (New York: The American Museum of Natural History), Vol. 15, p. 182.

Related Works:
Waddington’s Auctioneers, Toronto, ON, April 19, 2010, lot 134. Click here to read more

CONDITION DETAILS

Minor imperfections, overall very good condition.

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