Old Inuit Eskimo Repulse Bay Art Walrus Carving PANNIARK b1934

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Old Inuit Eskimo Repulse Bay Art Walrus Carving PANNIARK b1934 :
$65.79

Old folk naive Inuit sculpture
Walrus in motion

By an Inuit woman artist
Panniark Siusangnark
Born 1934

Signed on the bottom in Inuktitut syllabic writing
pa ni a

Accompanied by rare original Co-op tag:
Area: NAUJAT REPULSE BAY - rubber stamped
No: 3204
Artist: PANIAK

Alternate names include Paniak Sukuluk Tapisa Pania
Disc number E3-515
Specializes in sculpture

Exhibitions include:
1973 - Winnipeg Art Gallery
1980 - WAG
1982 - Collector’s Choice: 1965-1980 - Inuit Gallery Vancouver
1984 - Canadian Inuit Art - City Hall Nuuk/Godthab, Greenland
1987 - Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery - University of Regina, Saskatchewan - Tour
1989 - Art Inuit, la Sculpture des Esquimaux du Canada - Thonon France
1989 - Baffin Images - Orca Aart - Chicago Illinois USA
1995 - Miniaturen -Inuit Galerie - Mannheim, Germany
1997 - itinraire inuit rencontrer un peuple - travers son art - held at Unesco headquarters - Paris France

Collections include
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Art Gallery of Ontario -Toronto
Northwestern Michigan College - Traverse City, Michigan
Canadian Museum of Civilization - Hull Quebec
Eskimo Museum - Churchill Manitoba
Musee d‘art Inuit Brousseau, Quebec City

Selected book references include:
Butler, Sheila STONECUTS AND LITHOGRAPHS FROM CAPE DORSET, 1976-1977. F-Cape Dorset-Prints
Claiborne, William ART MEETS ITS MARKET Eskimo Works Shaped From Afar By Video 1991 F-HOLMAN ISLAND-GENERAL Text of an article describing the effect of the installation of a video-phone by the Holman Eskimo Co-operative. [3] p
Swinton, George TOUCH AND THE REAL Contemporary Inuit Aesthetics - Theory, Usage and Relevance F-AUTHORS-SWINTON
Alister Macduff 1982 - LORDS OF THE STONE

Good condition - stone - note: tusks are missing
Natural mineral marks and lines throughout - minor mineral loss areas on bottom
Old style English Only Canada Certified sticker on top of Co-op sticker on bottom
Approx: 6 1/4 inches long x 3 3/4 wide x 2 3/8 high

Selections from the excellent booklet Canadian Inuit Sculpture
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
The sculpture of Repulse Bay harkens back in some respects to the models and miniatures made for missionaries and whalers in Historic Period. Animals or genre scenes, with an unpretentious folk art flavour, are the most common subjects.
Although the generic term soapstone is commonly used, this is a bit misleading. Soapstone, a soft talc steatite, is not used nearly as much as the harder serpentine, serpentinite, siltstone, argillite, dolomite, quartz and other types.
Materials are often in short supply, and artists must travel great distances overland or by boat to quarry quantities of good quality stone.

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