JOHNNIEBO ASHEVAK (1923-1972) KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET)
stonecut, 25 x 17 in (63.5 x 43.2 cm)
18/50
ESTIMATE: $800 — $1,200
PRICE REALIZED: $854.00
25 September 2025
One version of the Sedna (Taleelayo, Nuliajuk) story recounts that the sea goddess’s second husband was a northern fulmar. In this telling, Sedna meets and marries a fulmar disguised as a handsome man, only to recoil when he reveals himself with “stout legs and lidless eyes.” Johnniebo’s Taleelayo and Sea Bird may be read as more than a simple pairing of figures. The bird, ominous in legend, appears here not only as a creature of unease but also as a partner bound in a fraught union.
Provenance
Private Collection, Ontario;Bequeathed to the present Private Collection, Toronto.
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