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    Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST, QAMANI'TUAQ (BAKER LAKE), Two Men Fighting over a Fish (Articulated Figures), early-mid 1970s
    Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST, QAMANI'TUAQ (BAKER LAKE), Two Men Fighting over a Fish (Articulated Figures), early-mid 1970s
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    UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST, QAMANI'TUAQ (BAKER LAKE)

    Two Men Fighting over a Fish (Articulated Figures), early-mid 1970s
    antler, sinew (reinforced with rope), dimensions variable: 7 x 10 x 1.75 in (17.8 x 25.4 x 4.4 cm)
    unsigned.
    LOT 44
    ESTIMATE: $500 — $800
    PRICE REALIZED: $552.00

    Further images

    • (View a larger image of thumbnail 1 ) VICTORIA MAMNGUQSUALUK (1930-2016) QAMANI'TUAQ (BAKER LAKE), Untitled Work on Cloth, late 1970s
    • (View a larger image of thumbnail 2 ) VICTORIA MAMNGUQSUALUK (1930-2016) QAMANI'TUAQ (BAKER LAKE), Untitled Work on Cloth, late 1970s
    • (View a larger image of thumbnail 3 ) VICTORIA MAMNGUQSUALUK (1930-2016) QAMANI'TUAQ (BAKER LAKE), Untitled Work on Cloth, late 1970s
    • (View a larger image of thumbnail 4 ) VICTORIA MAMNGUQSUALUK (1930-2016) QAMANI'TUAQ (BAKER LAKE), Untitled Work on Cloth, late 1970s
    • (View a larger image of thumbnail 5 ) VICTORIA MAMNGUQSUALUK (1930-2016) QAMANI'TUAQ (BAKER LAKE), Untitled Work on Cloth, late 1970s
    While articulated figures are a common artistic practice throughout the world, only two of the settlements experimented with the technique in the Canadian Arctic with some degree of regularity. Some...
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    While articulated figures are a common artistic practice throughout the world, only two of the settlements experimented with the technique in the Canadian Arctic with some degree of regularity. Some of the most creative examples were created in Qamani'tuaq by artists such as brothers Luke Iksiktaaryuk and Peter Assivaaryuk as well as Moses Nugyugalik, and William Ukpatiku.

    The elaborateness of the scene, to our eye, deserves high praise. Like the great range of motion one would expect to see in a real life scuffle over a catch, the two figures here are pinned at the shoulders to the hands, which are pinned to the fish, as well as at the shoulders and feet.

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    Provenance

    Private Collection, Lunenburg, NS.

    Literature

    For other human figures by the mentioned artists, see George Swinton, Sculpture of the Inuit (McClelland & Stewart, 1972/92), figs 688, 689, 691, and 693. See also Sanavik Cooperative, Baker Lake Sculpture 1974 (Baker Lake: Sanavik Cooperative, 1974), front cover and p. 10.
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