Lot 23
Quilliq With Tending Implement, Nettlilling Fjiord, Cumberland Sound, Baffin Island, Pre-1900
Lot 23 Details
Quilliq With Tending Implement, Nettlilling Fjiord, Cumberland Sound, Baffin Island, Pre-1900
crescent shaped stone lamp, and hooked stone implement with burnished finish terminating on one end with a rectangular knop
largest 3.75 x 18 x 8 in — 9.5 x 45.7 x 20.3 cm
Estimate $700-$900
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Provenance:
Private collection of Edward Charles and Judy Steeves, Ontario;
Thence by descent to the consignor
Note:
Finely carved, and with unusually sensitive proportions, this qulliq was given as a gift on February 1st 1969 to Edward Charles Steeves in Pangnirtung. The qulliq bears a label stating that it was found in October of 1968 “in an abandoned camp Nettilling Fjord, Cumberland Sound, Baffin Island.”
Edward Charles “Ted” Steeves was the co-owner of Karen Bulow Limited in Montreal and then Toronto from 1959 to 1985. In 1969, Karen Bulow Limited, was approached by the Federal Government to start a weaving program in Pangnirtung. [1] Although the program proved ultimately unsustainable, numerous textiles were produced through the program, and several important talent were discovered who went on to become important graphics artists in Pangnirtung.
(1) The Globe and Mail, Edward Steeves Obituary, march 13-19 2021. Click here
to read more
References:
Crandall, Richard C., Inuit Art A History, (Jefferson, North Carolina, and London: McFarland & Company), 189.
Related Works:
Paul and Mary Thiry, Eskimo Artifacts Designed for Use, (Seattle: Superior Publishing Company, 1977), 103.
British Museum, Museum no. Am1903,0615.14. Click here to read more
National Museum of the American Indian, catalog no. 26/3292. Click here to read more