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    Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: ELI TIKEAYAK (1933-1995) KANGIQLINIQ (RANKIN INLET), Bird Woman, c. 1974-77
    Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: ELI TIKEAYAK (1933-1995) KANGIQLINIQ (RANKIN INLET), Bird Woman, c. 1974-77
    Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: ELI TIKEAYAK (1933-1995) KANGIQLINIQ (RANKIN INLET), Bird Woman, c. 1974-77
    Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: ELI TIKEAYAK (1933-1995) KANGIQLINIQ (RANKIN INLET), Bird Woman, c. 1974-77
    Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: ELI TIKEAYAK (1933-1995) KANGIQLINIQ (RANKIN INLET), Bird Woman, c. 1974-77
    Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: ELI TIKEAYAK (1933-1995) KANGIQLINIQ (RANKIN INLET), Bird Woman, c. 1974-77
    Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: ELI TIKEAYAK (1933-1995) KANGIQLINIQ (RANKIN INLET), Bird Woman, c. 1974-77
    Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: ELI TIKEAYAK (1933-1995) KANGIQLINIQ (RANKIN INLET), Bird Woman, c. 1974-77

    ELI TIKEAYAK (1933-1995) KANGIQLINIQ (RANKIN INLET)

    Bird Woman, c. 1974-77
    brown and blue glazed ceramic, 11.5 x 9 x 7.5 in (29.2 x 22.9 x 19.1 cm)
    signed and inscribed, "6175-164 / ᑎᑭᐊᔭ".
    LOT 32
    ESTIMATE: $600 — $900
    PRICE REALIZED: $480.00

    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)
    • (View a larger image of thumbnail 7 ) LUKE IKSIKTAARYUK (1909-1977) QAMANI’TUAQ (BAKER LAKE), Fishing Through Ice, 1971 (1972 #11)
    • (View a larger image of thumbnail 8 ) LUKE IKSIKTAARYUK (1909-1977) QAMANI’TUAQ (BAKER LAKE), Fishing Through Ice, 1971 (1972 #11)
    Continuing the efforts of craft officer Claude Grenier, by the late 1970s only a handful of artists, including Eli Tikeayak were amongst those still working in the soon-to-be closed ceramic...
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    Continuing the efforts of craft officer Claude Grenier, by the late 1970s only a handful of artists, including Eli Tikeayak were amongst those still working in the soon-to-be closed ceramic facility. This work, employs the experimental salt glazing technique, in which salt is thrown in to a kiln. The chemical reaction of the salt with the silica in the clay produces a high gloss finish with streaks of brilliant, icy blue.
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    Provenance

    Fleet Gallery, Winnipeg, MB;
    Acquired from the above by the present Private Collection, Lunenburg, NS, July 1977

    Literature

    For additional information on the early efforts of the Kangiqliniq (Rankin Inlet) ceramics program, see Claude Grenier, "Some Wonderful Creative Years in Rankin Inlet, About Arts and Crafts: News for Inuit Artists, Vol. V, Np. 1, 1982, pp. 28-34. See also Dave Sutherland, "The Sad Tale of the Rankin Inlet Ceramics Experiment — 1963-1975," Inuit Art Quarterly, Summer 1994, Vol. 9, No. 2, pp. 52-55. 
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