Vintage 7.5" Long Wide Eyed Seal Eating buying Mussels Inuit Art Carving Signed

buying An attractive vintage Inuit stone carving of a slender (wide eyed) seal feeding on mussels or clams, signed.

Dated: 1977

Weight: approx. 641 grams (1 pound 6.6 ounces)

Dimensions: 7.5" long x 2.5" high x 1.5" wide

Has the unilingual Canada Eskimo Art "igloo" tag on the underside, which are typically seen on Inuit carvings from 1965 to 1975, but as late as 1979.

It is signed in Inuktitut syllabics, Mi-a - ji- Ku- ma- lu which is the way Mary Kumarluk can be spelled. (Miaji is a variation of Mary), so the carving is very likely by Mary Mina Kumarluk, b. 1926.



About the Artist

First Name: Mary Mina Last Name: Kumarluk

Community: Inukjuak Sex: F

Disc Number: E991 Date born: 1926

Alternative Names: • Kumarluk Kumarluk• Mary Mina Kumarluk• Mina Kumarluk• Koom Kumarluk• Komaluk Kumarluk

Exhibits:

• Things Made by Inuit held by La Federation des Cooperatives du Nouveau-Quebec
• Women Carvers of Arctic Quebec held by Inuk 1