Inuit Art

November 1621, 2019
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LOT 31

Lot 31

LEVI QUMALUK (1919-1997)

LEVI QUMALUK (1919-1997)
Lot 31 Details
LEVI QUMALUK (1919-1997), Povungnituk / Puvirnituq

TYING UP A GIANT

stone
9 x 19 x 14 in — 22.9 x 48.3 x 35.6 cm

Estimate $1,000-$2,000

Realised: $960
Price Includes Buyer's Premium ?

Lot Report

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LEVI QUMALUK (1919-1997)
  • LEVI QUMALUK (1919-1997)
  • LEVI QUMALUK (1919-1997)
  • LEVI QUMALUK (1919-1997)
Note:

"For all their bigness and strength, the Tunit were a stupid, slow-going race (according to the Eskimo version), and fell an easy prey to the Eskimo, who used to stalk them and hunt them down like game...They were so strong that one of them could hold a walrus as easily as an Eskimo a seal."

Harold Seidleman, James Turner, The Inuit Imagination, Thames and Hundson Inc, 1994, pshe 101

CONDITION DETAILS

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