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    Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: UNIDENTIFIED INUIT ARTIST, CENTRAL CANADIAN ARCTIC, Siksik (Arctic Ground Squirrel), early 1950s
    Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: UNIDENTIFIED INUIT ARTIST, CENTRAL CANADIAN ARCTIC, Siksik (Arctic Ground Squirrel), early 1950s
    Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: UNIDENTIFIED INUIT ARTIST, CENTRAL CANADIAN ARCTIC, Siksik (Arctic Ground Squirrel), early 1950s
    Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: UNIDENTIFIED INUIT ARTIST, CENTRAL CANADIAN ARCTIC, Siksik (Arctic Ground Squirrel), early 1950s
    Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: UNIDENTIFIED INUIT ARTIST, CENTRAL CANADIAN ARCTIC, Siksik (Arctic Ground Squirrel), early 1950s

    UNIDENTIFIED INUIT ARTIST, CENTRAL CANADIAN ARCTIC

    Siksik (Arctic Ground Squirrel), early 1950s
    ivory, black inlay, and red pigment, 1 x 2.75 x 1 in (2.5 x 7 x 2.5 cm)
    unsigned.
    LOT 142
    ESTIMATE: $700 — $1,000
    PRICE REALIZED: $610.00

    Further images

    • (View a larger image of thumbnail 1 ) HISTORIC PERIOD INUIT ARTIST, EASTERN CANADIAN ARCTIC, Whistle, 1935 or earlier
    • (View a larger image of thumbnail 2 ) HISTORIC PERIOD INUIT ARTIST, EASTERN CANADIAN ARCTIC, Whistle, 1935 or earlier
    • (View a larger image of thumbnail 3 ) HISTORIC PERIOD INUIT ARTIST, EASTERN CANADIAN ARCTIC, Whistle, 1935 or earlier
    • (View a larger image of thumbnail 4 ) HISTORIC PERIOD INUIT ARTIST, EASTERN CANADIAN ARCTIC, Whistle, 1935 or earlier
    • (View a larger image of thumbnail 5 ) HISTORIC PERIOD INUIT ARTIST, EASTERN CANADIAN ARCTIC, Whistle, 1935 or earlier
    • Siksik (Arctic Ground Squirrel)
    The petite scale of miniature works in Inuit art has always been a source of delight and enjoyment. How further pleasing then, to have such personality within a work as...
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    The petite scale of miniature works in Inuit art has always been a source of delight and enjoyment. How further pleasing then, to have such personality within a work as well! This Siksik (Arctic Ground Squirrel) is as dynamic as he is darling, leaning back on his paws and with his fur puffed up against the cold, or an unseen antagonist. The inlay details of the paws and face further give action and movement to this endearing little sculpture, one of the most charming of its type we have ever seen.


    References: For brief introductions to carved ivory miniatures, see Ingo Hessel, Inuit Art: An Introduction, (Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre / New York: Harry Abrams / London: British Museum Press, 1998), pgs. 16-27. See also Jean Blodgett, Grasp Tight the Old Ways: Selections from the Klamer Family Collection of Inuit Art, (Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 1983), p. 250-251. See also Winnipeg Art Gallery, Inuit Ivories From The Collection, (Winnipeg, Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1992). For further, charming examples of ivory miniatures, see the First Arts exhibition, Little Worlds: The Norman Hallendy Collection of Ivory Miniatures, 1 November 20219. See a variety of ivory miniatures from Repulse Bay in Jean Blodgett, Repulse Bay, (Winnipeg: Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1978). See a variety of early ivory miniatures in Walker’s Auctions, 13 Nov. 2011, Lot 66.
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    Provenance

    Collected by a federal government administrator during his travels in the Eastern and Central Arctic in the 1940s and 1950s;
    by descent in the family.
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The main office of First Arts Premiers Inc. is located on the ancestral and traditional territories of the Mississaugas of the Credit, Anishinaabe, Haudenosaunee, and Huron-Wendat, the original owners and custodians of this land.  Today, it is home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples.

 

 

 

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