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Artworks
JESSIE OONARK, O.C., R.C.A (1906-1985) QAMANI'TUAQ (BAKER LAKE)
Helped by Spirits, 1970 (1971 #15)Printmaker: THOMAS IKSIRAQ (1941-1991) QAMANI'TUAQ (BAKER LAKE)
stonecut, 21.25 x 17 in (54 x 43.2 cm)
22/45LOT 45
ESTIMATE: $700 — $1,000
PRICE REALIZED: $600.00In the 1977 publication, Shamans and Spirits: Myths and Medical Symbolism in Eskimo Art, the author writes of the imagery in the present print, 'The forehead band signifies illness; the...In the 1977 publication, Shamans and Spirits: Myths and Medical Symbolism in Eskimo Art, the author writes of the imagery in the present print, "The forehead band signifies illness; the symbolic implements and animals rush to the aid of the despairing man."Provenance
Private Collection, Hamilton.Literature
Image reproduced in Estrellita Karsh, et. al, Shamans and Spirits: Myths and Medical Symbolism in Eskimo Art, (Ottawa: National Museum of Man, 1977), pl. 11, unpaginated and Marie Bouchard, Power of Thought: The Prints of Jessie Oonark, exh. cat., (Richmond, VA: Marsh Art Gallery, 2001), p. 19
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