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LOT 83

Lot 83

TIVI ETOK (INUIT, 1928-)

TIVI ETOK (INUIT, 1928-)
Lot 83 Details
TIVI ETOK (INUIT, 1928-), E8-581, Kangiqsualujjuaq

SEAL HUNTING THE OLD WAY

STONECUT 9/50, DATED 1974 (Image, 9.5” x 15”) (Sight, 15.5” x 23.8”)

Estimate $100-$150

Realised: $108
Price Includes Buyer's Premium ?

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TIVI ETOK (INUIT, 1928-)
  • TIVI ETOK (INUIT, 1928-)
Note:

Explanation of syllabics as follows:
“In the old days the hunters got seals by crawling over the ice imitating the actions of the seal until they got close enough to harpoon it. Sometimes it would take a whole day to get a seal this way.”

-Etok, Tivi & Marybelle Myers, Whispering in My Ears and Mingling with My Dreams, Federation des cooperatives du Nouveau-Quebec, 1975, pl. 5, pp.40-41

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