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Artworks
ELIZABETH SIRPALU NAPATU (1916-D) PUVIRNITUQ (POVUNGNITUK)
Laden Hunter, Stopping to Rest, 1959stone, 7.75 x 6 x 5 in (19.7 x 15.2 x 12.7 cm)
inscribed with artist's disc number, "E9 1385";
with affixed label from La Guilde (The Canadian Handicrafts Guild), in blue ink, "P59 / Elisaie / HNOI 25.00”.
LOT 16
ESTIMATE: $500 — $800Further images
Seals create multiple breathing holes in the ice that they would randomly alternate to lessen their risk of danger. They would avoid any holes where they could detect movement from...Seals create multiple breathing holes in the ice that they would randomly alternate to lessen their risk of danger. They would avoid any holes where they could detect movement from above. Inuit hunters (or polar bears) would therefore have to stand silently poised above a breathing hole in the ice waiting, often for hours, for a seal to come up for air. Alas, the proximity of yowling sled dogs would lessen a hunter’s chances of success. It was not uncommon, in the era before snow machines, for hunters to literally shoulder their catch for a long trek back to camp. We love the stoic expression of this heavily laden Inuk.
Provenance
Ex. Coll. Colin John Grasset Molson (C.J.G ) Collection, Montreal.
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