UNIDENTIFIED ARTISTS, FOUR BEARS, CAPE DORSET

Unidentified artists, Cape Dorset, green stone, four walking bears. Largest is 7” long and signed “Phseolak, Oshutsia Q”.

Unidentified artist, Cape Dorset, very good & early engraved natural material, with portraits of figures on one side, birds & animals on the reverse; boots, fish & geometric designs along the edges, t

Unidentified artist, Cape Dorset, mottled yellow stone, large calling loon, unsigned. Measuring, 20” x 4” x 5.5”.

Unidentified artist, Cape Dorset, green stone & natural material, narwhal raised on stone base, unsigned. Measuring, 11” x 5” x 3”.

Unidentified artist, Cape Dorset, green stone, dancing walrus, signed in syllabics. Measuring, 6” x 8”.

Unidentified artist, Cape Dorset, green stone, hunter carrying a young caribou on his back, signed with indistinct syllabics. Measuring, 7” x 4” x 3”.

Unidentified artist, Cape Dorset, mottled yellow-green stone, basking seal, unsigned. Measuring, 6” x 2.5” x 1.5”.

Unidentified artist, Cape Dorset, light grey-green stone, lying seal, unsigned. Measuring, 3.5" x 9.25" x 5.5".

Lot 2 UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST, KINNGAIT (CAPE DORSET) Standing Man, c. 1950-51 stone, 5 x 2.75 x 1.5 in (12.7 x 7 x 3.8 cm) Provenance Acquired at an early Inuit art sale at the Canadian Guild of Crafts

Title: “Caribou” Artist: Inuit Artist (Unidentified), Cape Dorset/Kinngait, Canada Date Period: circa 1985-199 Materials: Stone and Antler Dimensions: 5.75”h x 8w” x 3”d

Standing drummer (missing drum). Black soapstone with whalebone drum sticks. Signed Tukiga in syllabics on base. Probably Cape Dorset. H 8 in. x W 5 in. x D 5.5 in. (20.3 cm. x 12.7 cm. x 14 cm.) Prov

Nuna Parr, Cape Dorset Nunavut, "Bear", the graceful bear carved from white stone standing on one leg looking upward, dated 2004, Inuk artist label included, condition noted, left paw has old repair,

Mikisiti Saila(1939-2008, Inuit; Cape Dorset/Kinngait)Carved polar bear figureStoneSigned near bottom of foot: MEEKEESEETEE; further signed syllabically to underside with artist's disc number: E7-9927

Kananginak Pootoogook (Cape Dorset, Nunavut / Canada 1935-2010, Inuit sculptor and printmaker). Lithograph titled "Polar Bears", edition 33 / 60, Dorset 1977. Artist signed in pencil lower right. Shee

Framed stencil print by Inuit sculptor and printmaker Kananginak Pootoogook (Cape Dorset, Nunavut / Canada 1935-2010). Titled Solitary Bear, edition 43/50, Dorset 2010. Artist signed in pencil lower r

Pauta Saila (1916-2009), Dancing Bear Cape Dorset, Nunavut, Canada Carved serpentine, marked to side of foot, with paper label. (H: 10 in.) Provenance Purchased in 1998Private Philadelphia

Unidentified artist, Puvirnituq (Nunavik), grey stone, hunter holding a bear's head, unsigned. Measuring, 4” x 4” x 1.5”.

Artiste non identifié / Unidentified artist Bear Description: Bones and stone insertions, unsigned Dimension (PO): 6 1/2" x 12 1/2" x 4 1/2" Dimension (CM): 16.6 x 31.8 x 11.4 cm

Unidentified artist, Gjoa Haven (Kitikmeot Region), black stone, bear spirit, signed in syllabics. One spear missing. Measuring, 4” x 3” x 6”.

Unidentified artist, possibly Pelly Bay (Kitikmeot Region), natural material, polar bear & seal (pup), with carved breathing hole in between, unsigned. Measuring, 2” x 1.5” x 1.5”. C

Attributed to Kenojuak Ashevak Listed Inuit Artist 1927-2014 Well Documented Eskimo Teacher and Artist Cape Dorset Canada Original Stonecut "Two Roosters" 7/30 Pencil Signed 1962 approx 17&#34

Unidentified artist, Norwegian, natural material, two polar bears, both signed “Tromsø”, dated 1954. Largest measuring, 2.5” x 2” x 2”. CITES rules may apply.

Unidentified artist, black stone, bear standing up with front paws together, signed indiscernibly (syllabics), with igloo label. Measuring, 6” x 2.5” x 4”.

Unidentified artist, Nunavik (Northern Quebec), marbled black stone, stretching bear, unsigned. Measuring, 7” x 2” x 3”.