Lot 143: IKAYUKTA TUNNILLIE (1911-1980), E7-927, Cape Dorset

IKAYUKTA TUNNILLIE (1911-1980), E7-927, Cape Dorset
ANGAKUK'S TENT, stonecut, 1975, 9/50, unframed, 23" x 11" - 58.4 x 27.9 cm.
Note: "Angakuk is the Inuktitut word for shaman. A shaman's tent was usually distinguished from other tents. In this case, the birds heads emerging from the three tents indicate they belong to a shaman. The birds are the shaman's helping spirits."
-Lipton, Barbara et al., Arctic Vision: Art of the Canadian Inuit, exh. cat., Canadian Arctic Producers, 1984, p. 77

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