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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: MATHEW AQIGAAQ (1940-2010) and WILLIAM UKPATIKU (1935-) or MAGDALENE UKPATIKU (1931-1999), Necklace with Sculpted Male Face and Hook Clasp, c. 1969 to early 1970s
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: MATHEW AQIGAAQ (1940-2010) and WILLIAM UKPATIKU (1935-) or MAGDALENE UKPATIKU (1931-1999), Necklace with Sculpted Male Face and Hook Clasp, c. 1969 to early 1970s
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: MATHEW AQIGAAQ (1940-2010) and WILLIAM UKPATIKU (1935-) or MAGDALENE UKPATIKU (1931-1999), Necklace with Sculpted Male Face and Hook Clasp, c. 1969 to early 1970s
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: MATHEW AQIGAAQ (1940-2010) and WILLIAM UKPATIKU (1935-) or MAGDALENE UKPATIKU (1931-1999), Necklace with Sculpted Male Face and Hook Clasp, c. 1969 to early 1970s

MATHEW AQIGAAQ (1940-2010) and WILLIAM UKPATIKU (1935-) or MAGDALENE UKPATIKU (1931-1999)

Necklace with Sculpted Male Face and Hook Clasp, c. 1969 to early 1970s
he pendant: antler, red and black pigment, 2 x 1 x 0.75 in (5.1 x 2.5 x 1.9cm), signed, "ᐊᑭᒐ";
the clasp, antler, sinew, red and black pigments, length, overall: 10.5 in (26.7cm)
signed, "ᐅᐸᑎᑯ".
LOT 76
ESTIMATE: $800 — $1,200

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  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 1 ) MATHEW AQIGAAQ (1940-2010) and WILLIAM UKPATIKU (1935-) or MAGDALENE UKPATIKU (1931-1999), Necklace with Sculpted Male Face and Hook Clasp, c....
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 2 ) MATHEW AQIGAAQ (1940-2010) and WILLIAM UKPATIKU (1935-) or MAGDALENE UKPATIKU (1931-1999), Necklace with Sculpted Male Face and Hook Clasp, c....
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 3 ) MATHEW AQIGAAQ (1940-2010) and WILLIAM UKPATIKU (1935-) or MAGDALENE UKPATIKU (1931-1999), Necklace with Sculpted Male Face and Hook Clasp, c....
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 4 ) MATHEW AQIGAAQ (1940-2010) and WILLIAM UKPATIKU (1935-) or MAGDALENE UKPATIKU (1931-1999), Necklace with Sculpted Male Face and Hook Clasp, c....
Before stone became the dominant medium in Baker Lake, artists carved what they had, most often antler and bone. Jack Butler, then working in the community, encouraged this early spirit...
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Before stone became the dominant medium in Baker Lake, artists carved what they had, most often antler and bone. Jack Butler, then working in the community, encouraged this early spirit of experimentation. Rare today, these antler works offer a glimpse into a moment of artistic becoming: resourceful, adaptive, and alive with possibility.


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References: In an Interview with Ingo Hessel, the artist recalled that he did “only a few antler carvings in the beginning.” See Ingo Hessel, Arctic Spirit: Inuit Art from the Albrecht Collection at the Heard Museum, (Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre / Phoenix: Heard Museum, 2006), p. 138.
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Provenance

Ex. Coll. Jack Butler;
Feheley Fine Arts, Toronto;
Collection of John and Joyce Price, Seattle, WA.

Publications

Crafts from Arctic Canada, exh. cat., (Ottawa: Canadian Eskimo Arts Council, 1974), cat. no. 256, reproduced p. 27, as "bone pendant / sinew cord / man's head".

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