Cape Dorset, Owl and Hawk, ca. 1980, dark green stone, signed in syllabics, 9.5 x 6.75 x 4.75 in, 24.4 x 17 x 12 cm. ... As Cape Dorset’s most famous and acclaimed sculptor, Osuitok set the standard by which other carvers are judged. Osuitok excelled at creating animals and figures with naturalistic detail, elegance, balance and poise. He was also a master of stylization and abstraction, and knew exactly how to distill the essence of a subject into crisply executed form and line. He also understood that abstraction leads to ambiguity, and allowed himself to play with that idea. This work exudes owl-ness and hawk-ness in equal measure.--- CATEGORIES: Inuit, Eskimo