12" Mother and Child by George Auqsaq *Life Begins* Inuit Painting

12" Mother and Child by George Auqsaq *Life Begins* Inuit PaintingInuit art: Mother and Child Inuit Artist: George Auqsaq Size: 15" long, 12" tall, 12" deep, 22 lbs Community: Igloolik, NU 2210 25 Stone: Basalt id: caps: 866002183hdjy NOTE*Inuit Art is Handcrafted in Canada. It ships TARIFF FREE to the USA **This Item is Eligible for our 0% Interest Layaway Plan. George Auqsaq is from the remote hamlet of Igloolik in the Kitikmeot region. Artists here carve in the grotesque style like this Mother and her infant

and exhibiting some of his work in the new Haida museum and cultural center

Dorset ID#: 83-L09

Due to its Ivory substance

This endearing piece would melt the heart of a new mother or new parents

Nuna Parr is one of them

The second feature is the whale's human looking eyes and the etched gills

The mottled green stone imitates soft

This piece absolutely took my breath away when I first saw it

these giant Douglas fir trees were in demand for the masts of the schooner ships in centuries gone by

Provenance - May 2021

This carving carries a lightness of spirit

This is a Manasie bone sculpture