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LOT 224

Lot 224

Kiawak (Kiugak) Ashoona ᑭᐊᒐ, OC, RCA (1933-2014)

Kiawak (Kiugak) Ashoona ᑭᐊᒐ, OC, RCA (1933-2014)
Lot 224 Details
Kiawak (Kiugak) Ashoona ᑭᐊᒐ, OC, RCA (1933-2014), Kinngait (Cape Dorset)

BEAR AND WALRUS, CA. 1963

stone, ivory
no visible signature
11.5 x 5.75 x 5.25 in — 29.2 x 14.6 x 13.3 cm

Estimate $3,000-$5,000

Realised: $3,000
Price Includes Buyer's Premium ?

Lot Report

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Kiawak (Kiugak) Ashoona ᑭᐊᒐ, OC, RCA (1933-2014)
  • Kiawak (Kiugak) Ashoona ᑭᐊᒐ, OC, RCA (1933-2014)
  • Kiawak (Kiugak) Ashoona ᑭᐊᒐ, OC, RCA (1933-2014)
  • Kiawak (Kiugak) Ashoona ᑭᐊᒐ, OC, RCA (1933-2014)
  • Kiawak (Kiugak) Ashoona ᑭᐊᒐ, OC, RCA (1933-2014)
  • Kiawak (Kiugak) Ashoona ᑭᐊᒐ, OC, RCA (1933-2014)
Provenance:

Private Collection, Toronto, ON

Note:

Related Works:
Darlene Coward Wight, Kiugak Ashoona: Stories and Imaginings from Cape Dorset (Canada: Friesens Corporation, 1977), 80-81.

CONDITION DETAILS

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