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    Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: FLOYD KUPTANA (1964-2021) PAULATUK, Kalupalik [?] (Swimming Sea Spirit), 2001
    Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: FLOYD KUPTANA (1964-2021) PAULATUK, Kalupalik [?] (Swimming Sea Spirit), 2001
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    FLOYD KUPTANA (1964-2021) PAULATUK

    Kalupalik [?] (Swimming Sea Spirit), 2001
    stone, antler, and red inlay, 8.25 x 15.5 x 4.5 in (21 x 39.4 x 11.4 cm)
    signed, titled, inscribed, and dated, "Floyd Kuptana / Kalupalik [?] / NWT / 2001".
    LOT 65
    ESTIMATE: $1,500 — $2,500
    PRICE REALIZED: $1,320.00

    Further images

    • (View a larger image of thumbnail 1 ) LUKE IKSIKTAARYUK (1909-1977) QAMANI’TUAQ (BAKER LAKE), Fishing Through Ice, 1971 (1972 #11)
    • (View a larger image of thumbnail 2 ) LUKE IKSIKTAARYUK (1909-1977) QAMANI’TUAQ (BAKER LAKE), Fishing Through Ice, 1971 (1972 #11)
    • (View a larger image of thumbnail 3 ) LUKE IKSIKTAARYUK (1909-1977) QAMANI’TUAQ (BAKER LAKE), Fishing Through Ice, 1971 (1972 #11)
    • (View a larger image of thumbnail 4 ) LUKE IKSIKTAARYUK (1909-1977) QAMANI’TUAQ (BAKER LAKE), Fishing Through Ice, 1971 (1972 #11)
    • (View a larger image of thumbnail 5 ) LUKE IKSIKTAARYUK (1909-1977) QAMANI’TUAQ (BAKER LAKE), Fishing Through Ice, 1971 (1972 #11)
    • (View a larger image of thumbnail 6 ) LUKE IKSIKTAARYUK (1909-1977) QAMANI’TUAQ (BAKER LAKE), Fishing Through Ice, 1971 (1972 #11)
    While there are some variations, the creature Kalupalik (Qalupalik) were used as a cautionary tale to prevent young children from getting to close to the floe edge, less they be...
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    While there are some variations, the creature Kalupalik (Qalupalik) were used as a cautionary tale to prevent young children from getting to close to the floe edge, less they be snatched up by the qallupilluit and taken down into the cold waters in the creature's large hood. The sea creature are rumoured to have oily, green skin, which Kaptuna has finely replicated in a green stone with a high polish.
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    Provenance

    Private Collection, Toronto.

    Literature

    For a similar work, see Jean Blodgett, In the Shadow of the Midnight Sun: Sami and Inuit Art 2000-2005, (Hamilton: Art Gallery of Hamilton, 2007), no cat. no, p. 45. 
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