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    Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: UNIDENTIFIED INUIT ARTIST, EASTERN CANADIAN ARCTIC, Model Qulliq (Kudlik) on Base, late 1950s / early 1960s
    Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: UNIDENTIFIED INUIT ARTIST, EASTERN CANADIAN ARCTIC, Model Qulliq (Kudlik) on Base, late 1950s / early 1960s
    Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: UNIDENTIFIED INUIT ARTIST, EASTERN CANADIAN ARCTIC, Model Qulliq (Kudlik) on Base, late 1950s / early 1960s
    Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: UNIDENTIFIED INUIT ARTIST, EASTERN CANADIAN ARCTIC, Model Qulliq (Kudlik) on Base, late 1950s / early 1960s
    Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: UNIDENTIFIED INUIT ARTIST, EASTERN CANADIAN ARCTIC, Model Qulliq (Kudlik) on Base, late 1950s / early 1960s
    Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: UNIDENTIFIED INUIT ARTIST, EASTERN CANADIAN ARCTIC, Model Qulliq (Kudlik) on Base, late 1950s / early 1960s

    UNIDENTIFIED INUIT ARTIST, EASTERN CANADIAN ARCTIC

    Model Qulliq (Kudlik) on Base, late 1950s / early 1960s
    stone and ivory, 2.25 x 3.75 x 2.75 in (5.7 x 9.5 x 7 cm)
    unsigned.
    LOT 71
    ESTIMATE: $100 — $150

    Further images

    • (View a larger image of thumbnail 1 ) JOSEPHIE ACULIAK (1910-1968) INUKJUAK (PORT HARRISON), Curled Hare, Scenting Danger, 1960
    • (View a larger image of thumbnail 2 ) JOSEPHIE ACULIAK (1910-1968) INUKJUAK (PORT HARRISON), Curled Hare, Scenting Danger, 1960
    • (View a larger image of thumbnail 3 ) JOSEPHIE ACULIAK (1910-1968) INUKJUAK (PORT HARRISON), Curled Hare, Scenting Danger, 1960
    • (View a larger image of thumbnail 4 ) JOSEPHIE ACULIAK (1910-1968) INUKJUAK (PORT HARRISON), Curled Hare, Scenting Danger, 1960
    • (View a larger image of thumbnail 5 ) JOSEPHIE ACULIAK (1910-1968) INUKJUAK (PORT HARRISON), Curled Hare, Scenting Danger, 1960
    • (View a larger image of thumbnail 6 ) JOSEPHIE ACULIAK (1910-1968) INUKJUAK (PORT HARRISON), Curled Hare, Scenting Danger, 1960
    The qulliq (also kudlik )played a key role in Inuit survival for thousands of years and still holds important cultural and spiritual significance. While traditional qulliqs could be quite large...
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    The qulliq (also kudlik )played a key role in Inuit survival for thousands of years and still holds important cultural and spiritual significance. While traditional qulliqs could be quite large and heavy, this diminutive scale model is among the smallest we have seen. Although produced for trade rather than functionality, this small wonder burns with an eternal flame.

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    Provenance

    Ex. Coll. Colin John Grasset Molson (C.J.G ), Montreal.
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