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Artworks
ALEX HUNT, KWAKWA̱KA̱ʼWAKW
Man from Sea (Pugwis Mask), c. 1980scedar wood and acrylic paint, 7 x 6.25 x 4.5 in (17.8 x 15.9 x 11.4 cm)
signed, inscribed, and titled, “Alex Hunt / Kwakiutl / Man from Sea”;
inscribed with a previous collector's SIN [?], "905 857 904 / 589".
LOT 9
ESTIMATE: $400 — $600Further images
This fine Pugwis mask was carved by Alex Hunt, a member of the famous family of Kwakwa̱ka̱ʼwakw and Tlingit artists and scholars descended from Tlingit ethnologist George Hunt. The mask...This fine Pugwis mask was carved by Alex Hunt, a member of the famous family of Kwakwa̱ka̱ʼwakw and Tlingit artists and scholars descended from Tlingit ethnologist George Hunt. The mask is rendered in a classic Hunt family style, with perfect symmetry, deep carving, and clean painting in red, black, and green. The Pugwis is a supernatural being who lives in the sea, sometimes referred to as an Undersea Wildman and associated with the spirits of drowned fisherman. The overall appearance of the face is fishlike, with a low reaching, V-shaped brow that terminates just above the nostrils. Pugwis is always depicted with large, beaver-like incisors.Provenance
Uno Langmann Limited Fine Arts, Vancouver, B.C.;
Acquired from the above by the present Private Collection, Toronto, 8 August 2006, accompanied by a copy of the original receipt.
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