Davidialuk Alasua Amittu, ᑎᕕᑎᐊᓗ
STORY OF THE BIG GIANT INUKPUK
DAVIDIALUK ALASUA AMITTU (1910-1976), E9-824, Povungnituk
STORY OF THE BIG GIANT INUKPUK, stone, c. 1960, signed in Roman and with disc number, 4" x 14.5" x 6" — 10.2 x 36.8 x 15.2 cm.
Est. $3,000/5,000
Provenance: Private Collection, Kuujjuaq, QC
Private Collection, Toronto, ON
Note: The story of the Big Giant Inukpuk is told as follows:
“Three eskimos [sic] who were travelling [sic] had a big Giant with them. One night while they were sleeping they saw a white fox eating the inside of the Giant’s nose. The Giant said: ‘Something inside my nose is very itchy” and as he said so a white fox came out of his nose. He had a skin bag but as there was no meat in it he did not want to use it as a pillow because he always was using meat as a pillow and every morning there was no meat that the eskimos [sic] had got. He was eating all the animals caught, but the eskimos [sic] were scared of saying anything. When they moved to get away from him they killed him because he was eating entire animals, all their catches and even eskimos [sic], which were found in his stomach.”
STORY OF THE BIG GIANT INUKPUK, stone, c. 1960, signed in Roman and with disc number, 4" x 14.5" x 6" — 10.2 x 36.8 x 15.2 cm.
Est. $3,000/5,000
Provenance: Private Collection, Kuujjuaq, QC
Private Collection, Toronto, ON
Note: The story of the Big Giant Inukpuk is told as follows:
“Three eskimos [sic] who were travelling [sic] had a big Giant with them. One night while they were sleeping they saw a white fox eating the inside of the Giant’s nose. The Giant said: ‘Something inside my nose is very itchy” and as he said so a white fox came out of his nose. He had a skin bag but as there was no meat in it he did not want to use it as a pillow because he always was using meat as a pillow and every morning there was no meat that the eskimos [sic] had got. He was eating all the animals caught, but the eskimos [sic] were scared of saying anything. When they moved to get away from him they killed him because he was eating entire animals, all their catches and even eskimos [sic], which were found in his stomach.”
Auction Results
| Auction Date | Auction House | Lot # | Low Est | High Est | Sold Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-05-06 | Waddington's | 120 | 3,000 | 5,000 | 20,400.00 |
