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    Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: SILAS KAYAKJUAK (QAYAQJUAQ) (1956-) SANIRAJAK (HALL BEACH), Two Works: Mother Spirit Looking Down on a Sleeping Child and Howling Spirit Head, 1998 / c. 1998
    Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: SILAS KAYAKJUAK (QAYAQJUAQ) (1956-) SANIRAJAK (HALL BEACH), Two Works: Mother Spirit Looking Down on a Sleeping Child and Howling Spirit Head, 1998 / c. 1998
    Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: SILAS KAYAKJUAK (QAYAQJUAQ) (1956-) SANIRAJAK (HALL BEACH), Two Works: Mother Spirit Looking Down on a Sleeping Child and Howling Spirit Head, 1998 / c. 1998
    Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: SILAS KAYAKJUAK (QAYAQJUAQ) (1956-) SANIRAJAK (HALL BEACH), Two Works: Mother Spirit Looking Down on a Sleeping Child and Howling Spirit Head, 1998 / c. 1998
    Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: SILAS KAYAKJUAK (QAYAQJUAQ) (1956-) SANIRAJAK (HALL BEACH), Two Works: Mother Spirit Looking Down on a Sleeping Child and Howling Spirit Head, 1998 / c. 1998
    Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: SILAS KAYAKJUAK (QAYAQJUAQ) (1956-) SANIRAJAK (HALL BEACH), Two Works: Mother Spirit Looking Down on a Sleeping Child and Howling Spirit Head, 1998 / c. 1998
    Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: SILAS KAYAKJUAK (QAYAQJUAQ) (1956-) SANIRAJAK (HALL BEACH), Two Works: Mother Spirit Looking Down on a Sleeping Child and Howling Spirit Head, 1998 / c. 1998

    SILAS KAYAKJUAK (QAYAQJUAQ) (1956-) SANIRAJAK (HALL BEACH)

    Two Works: Mother Spirit Looking Down on a Sleeping Child and Howling Spirit Head, 1998 / c. 1998
    the first: stone, 4.75 x 3 x 1.25 in (12.1 x 7.6 x 3.2 cm)
    titled, signed, signed again, and dated, "MOTHER SPIRIT LOOKING / DOWN ON A SLEEPING CHILD / SILAS / ᓴᐄᓚᓯ / 98".
    the second: stone, 2 x 2.25 x 1.25 in (5.1 x 5.7 x 3.2 cm)
    signed and signed again, "SILAS / ᓴᐄᓚᓯ".
    LOT 40
    ESTIMATE: $350 — $500

    Further images

    • (View a larger image of thumbnail 1 ) UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST, PROBABLY YANOMAMI, Bowl, c. 1980s
    • (View a larger image of thumbnail 2 ) UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST, PROBABLY YANOMAMI, Bowl, c. 1980s
    • (View a larger image of thumbnail 3 ) UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST, PROBABLY YANOMAMI, Bowl, c. 1980s
    • (View a larger image of thumbnail 4 ) UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST, PROBABLY YANOMAMI, Bowl, c. 1980s
    • (View a larger image of thumbnail 5 ) UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST, PROBABLY YANOMAMI, Bowl, c. 1980s
    • (View a larger image of thumbnail 6 ) UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST, PROBABLY YANOMAMI, Bowl, c. 1980s
    • (View a larger image of thumbnail 7 ) UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST, PROBABLY YANOMAMI, Bowl, c. 1980s

    Provenance

    Private Collection, Toronto.
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