Tivi Etook

Lot 83: TIVI ETOK (INUIT, 1928-)

Name: TIVI ETOK (INUIT, 1928-)
Brand: Waddington's
SKU: b84ec0b5ed

Est: $100 CAD - $150 CADSold:

Waddington'sToronto, ON, CAOctober 10, 2013

Item Overview

Description

TIVI ETOK (INUIT, 1928-)
SEAL HUNTING THE OLD WAY; STONECUT 9/50, DATED 1974 (Image, 9.5" x 15") (Sight, 15.5" x 23.8")
Note: Explanation of syllabics as follows:
"In the old days the hunters got seals by crawling over the ice imitating the actions of the seal until they got close enough to harpoon it. Sometimes it would take a whole day to get a seal this way."
-Etok, Tivi & Marybelle Myers, Whispering in My Ears and Mingling with My Dreams, Federation des cooperatives du Nouveau-Quebec, 1975, pl. 5, pp.40-41

Artist or Maker

Tivi Etook

Notes

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Auction Details

"Off the Wall" Art auction

Waddington's

October 10, 2013, 12:00 AM EST

275 King Street E 2nd Floor, Toronto, ON, M5A 1K2, CA

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