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    Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: JOHN KAVIK (1897-1993) KANGIQLINIQ (RANKIN INLET), Shivering Inuk, early 1970s
    Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: JOHN KAVIK (1897-1993) KANGIQLINIQ (RANKIN INLET), Shivering Inuk, early 1970s
    Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: JOHN KAVIK (1897-1993) KANGIQLINIQ (RANKIN INLET), Shivering Inuk, early 1970s
    Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: JOHN KAVIK (1897-1993) KANGIQLINIQ (RANKIN INLET), Shivering Inuk, early 1970s

    JOHN KAVIK (1897-1993) KANGIQLINIQ (RANKIN INLET)

    Shivering Inuk, early 1970s
    stone, 6.75 x 3 x 1.5 in (17.1 x 7.6 x 3.8 cm)
    signed twice, "ᑲᕕ / KAVIK";
    inscribed, "RAN [sic] / RANKIN / INLET".
    LOT 19
    ESTIMATE: $2,500 — $3,500
    PRICE REALIZED: $1,830.00
    26 March 2026

    Further images

    • (View a larger image of thumbnail 1 ) UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST, Probably YOKUTS / YOKUT, Coiled Open Basket, c. 1920s / 30s
    • (View a larger image of thumbnail 2 ) UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST, Probably YOKUTS / YOKUT, Coiled Open Basket, c. 1920s / 30s
    • (View a larger image of thumbnail 3 ) UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST, Probably YOKUTS / YOKUT, Coiled Open Basket, c. 1920s / 30s
    • (View a larger image of thumbnail 4 ) UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST, Probably YOKUTS / YOKUT, Coiled Open Basket, c. 1920s / 30s
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    While far from being formulaic, most Kavik figures are depicted with arms flush against their bodies or with negative space economically provided by electric drills. Indeed, many Kaviks seem immobile,...
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    While far from being formulaic, most Kavik figures are depicted with arms flush against their bodies or with negative space economically provided by electric drills. Indeed, many Kaviks seem immobile, fixed in both time and space. There are, of course, rare examples of figures with outstretched or upraised arms suggesting movement, but what we love about this wonderful Kavik is that it is somehow simultaneously motionless and frenetic. With its supernaturally long arms clasped together in a physiological response to conserve body heat, we sense that the figure is shivering. Were it not for the closed mouth, we would also hear the teeth chattering. Delightful!

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    Provenance

    Collection of John and Joyce Price, Seattle.
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