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i u a pi pu pa ti tu ta ki ku ka gi gu ga mi mu ma ni nu na si su sa li lu la ji ju ja vi vu va ri ru ra qi qu qa ngi ngu nga lhi lhu lha

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Henry Evaluardjuk, ᐃᕙᓗᐊᔪ

INUIT WOMAN HOLDING HER CHILD


HENRY EVALUARDJUK (1923-2007), ᐃᕙᓗᐊᔪ, FROBISHER BAY / IQALUIT
INUIT WOMAN HOLDING HER CHILD

stone

18.5 x 6.5 x 6.3 in — 47 x 16.5 x 16 cm

Provenance:
Waddington’s Auctioneers, Toronto, November 2000, Lot 360

Note:
“From Igloolik we moved to Pond Inlet. It was there that I started to carve. A white man there said that my uncle and one other man were the only people who carved in this settlement. I told him I knew I could carve too if I tried … I have been carving since then.”

Excerpt courtesy Inuit Art Section, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC), 1997.

Estimate: $7,000—10,000

Auction Results

Auction Date Auction House Lot # Low Est High Est Sold Price
2018-11-20 Waddington's 101 7,000 10,000 6,000.00

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