Sevoga gained fame while still in his twenties, and by the early 1970s was acknowledged as one of the great Baker Lake master sculptors. He is best known for his monumental yet sensitively portrayed figures and family groups; three fine examples are featured in the AGO exhibition and catalogue Inuit Modern: The Samuel and Esther Sarick Collection (2010), pp. 154-55. Hessel’s comments in the catalogue are apt here: “[Sevoga] imparts to his massive yet elegantly poised family groups, with their broad volumes and sensuous curves, a sturdy delicacy” (p. 108).

While perhaps less complex in composition than some of Sevoga’s works, this robust Inuk is rather engaging. One senses that he is signaling to his fellow hunters the presence of worthy prey. Sevoga successfully conveys the excitement of his subject.