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Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Sculpture, accession number 2-71493, described as Sculpture; two seals on rock “post” (ice floe?); medium grey Sugluk area soapstone, probably polished with shoe polish; h 11 cm. See “Images of the North” appraisal, p. 82 for additional info.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Sculpture, accession number 2-71485, described as Sculpture; bird, sitting, with raised wing; self base; medium grey stone from Povungnituk area; incised on underside “ISA” (under label, “7--6”; h. 11.7 cm. See “Images of the North” appraisal, p. 68, for additional info.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Sculpture, accession number 2-71426, described as Sculpture: Med. grey Povungnituk stone; standing “beast transformation figure” on self base; resembles howling wolf; “L. ETUK 70809” engraved on underside. Provenience: Canada, Arctic Quebec, Povungnituk and Kangirqsualujjuaq; Inuit; Tivi Etook. Example of “fantastic art” common in the Eastern Arctic. See Graburn’s notes on p.2 of the Images of the North appraisal for additional information.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Sculpture, accession number 2-71425, described as Sculpture;Dark-grey, black, “hard” Povungnituk stone “upside down: monster: inverted bearded man’s head; long hairy penis pointed at vagina on :hand”; three ‘eXes” on other hand clasped to body; self base. NOTE: Signed by artist on bottom in syllabics. Canada, Arctic Quebec, Povungnituk, Inuit; Eli Sallualu Qinuajua. Excellent example of a style - “fantastic art - which was common in the Eastern Arctic. See Graburn’s notes on p.1 of Images of the North appraisal for additional information.
Hearst Museum object titled Sculpture, accession number 2-62092, described as Sculpture;standing figure of Eskimo man w/seal slung over his back; self base; carved grey soapstone discolored to green in places; damaged head and face (old repair w/Elmer’s glue); signed on underside (in Eskimo) “Paulasi”. Full name of carver Paulasi-Kutak (fide Nelson Graburn). Carver was half-Eskimo (Eskimo mother, father Hudson’s Bay Co. employee). Died in boating accident in 1971. He was early and important soapstone carver and this piece is unusual in that it depicts man w/Eskimo features and sculptor usually carved features of white men h.14.3 cm.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Sculpture, accession number 2-71491, described as Sculpture; man and baby walrus on a leash; Cape Dorset light green serpentine; h. 18 cm. See “Images of the North” appraisal, p. 76, for additional information.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Sculpture, accession number 2-71453, described as Sculpture: Tattooed woman kneeling, giving birth and holding skin; soft grey Povungnituk stone, polished; on underside “Aisa Sima” incised in syllabics + 66320; chip on left knee and child’s head. Provenience: Canada, Arctic Quebec, Povungnituk, Inuit; Isapik Smith. See p. 30 of Images of the North appraisal for additional information.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Sculpture, accession number 2-71452, described as Sculpture: Sitting walrus, eating a seal; walrus has two self-carved tusks, one being shorter than the other (broken tusk is original artists intention); soft grey Povungnituk stone, highly polished; chip front center flipper and seal’s mouth; incised on underside “E9 1411 and “Niaqu” (in syllabics); thick self base. See p. 29 of Images of the North appraisal for further info.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Sculpture, accession number 2-71489a-g, described as Sculpture; scene of men feeding dogs, plus igloo and sled on base; grey Sugluk area stone; (a) base with pegs and perforations and carved fire (?) in relief; incised on underside “36400”; max. w. 18 cm; (b) igloo; dark grey Sugluk area stone incised to suggest snow blocks; peg underneath; h. 7 cm.; (c) ivory and string sled, 11 cm; (d) standing man; damaged foot h.7 cm; (e) man, bent over; 5.3 cm; (f) dog, 5.7 cm.; (g) dog, 4.9 cm. See “Images of the North” appraisal, p. 72, for additional info.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Sculpture, accession number 2-71443, described as Sculpture: Very fine grain Inukjuak jadeite; man setting fox trap in snow; flat bottom; incised on underside in syllabics “Saima” and “57162”. Provenience: Canada, Arctic Quebec, Inukjuak (Port Harrison), Inuit; Saima Qissualuk. See p.19 of remarks in Images of the North appraisal for additional information.

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