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Artworks
Attributed to SAROLLIE (SYOLLIE) WEETALUKTUK (1906-1962) INUKJUAK (PORT HARRISON)
Hunter, Dog Team, and Animals, c. 1952-53ivory and black inlay, dimensions variable 5 x 13.25 x 1.25 in (12.7 x 33.7 x 3.2 cm)
unsigned.LOT 140
ESTIMATE: $1,500 — $2,500Further images
This elegant and beautifully carved composition is identical in style to two 1953 carved tusks by Sarollie Weetaluktuk in the Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec collection in Montreal. [1] We...This elegant and beautifully carved composition is identical in style to two 1953 carved tusks by Sarollie Weetaluktuk in the Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec collection in Montreal. [1] We love the “processional” organization of the animals, mirroring the lineup of sled dogs. Drilled with two holes, it can be displayed in either orientation for twice the viewing pleasure! [2]
1. See the Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec: The Permanent Collection (Montreal: CGCQ, 1980), cat. 47, p. 58, and cat 78, p. 78.
2. As was a carved tusk by Sarollie’s younger brother Simeonie. Apparently Simeonie’s design was inspired by the cover of James Houston’s 1951 instructional booklet (see Darlene Coward Wight, Early Masters, 2006, p. 16). Sarollie’s design is his own invention.
References: For two virtually identical compositions by Syollie Weetaluktuk see Virginia Watt et al., Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec: The Permanent Collection: Inuit Arts And Crafts c. 1900-1980, (Montreal: Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec, 1980), cat. 47, p. 58, and cat. 78, p. 78. For several more slightly different examples by him see ibid., cat. 119, p. 98; cat. 253, p. 171; cat. 282, p. 186.Provenance
Acquired by a Canadian mining engineer during his travels, probably in Inukjuak;
By descent in the family to the present Private Collection, Toronto
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