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Artworks
TOWATUGA SAGOUK (1934-) IQALUIT (FROBISHER BAY)
Caribou Feeding, late 1960s / early 1970sstone and antler, 8.75 x 10.75 x 3 in (22.2 x 27.3 x 7.6 cm)
signed and inscribed with artist's disc number, "TOWATUGA / E.7-826".LOT 2
ESTIMATE: $600 — $900
PRICE REALIZED: $576.00Further images
Slim and sleek, this caribou has a gentle presence as a carving.Slim and sleek, this caribou has a gentle presence as a carving.Provenance
Waddington's, Toronto, 10 November 2008, Lot 227;
Acquired from the above by the present Private Collection, Toronto.Literature
For more about the artist, see Alistair Macduff and George M. Galpin, Lords of the Stone: An Anthology of Eskimo Sculpture, (Vancouver: Whitecap Books, 1982), pg. 113.