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i u a pi pu pa ti tu ta ki ku ka gi gu ga mi mu ma ni nu na si su sa li lu la ji ju ja vi vu va ri ru ra qi qu qa ngi ngu nga lhi lhu lha

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George Tataniq, ᑕᑕᓂ

FOX WOMAN


GEORGE TATANIQ (1910-1991), E2-179, BAKER LAKE
FOX WOMAN

stone, c. 1970, signed in syllabics

6" x 4" x 3" — 15.2 x 10.2 x 7.6 cm.

Provenance:
Work sourced by Jack & Sheila Butler for the vendor.

Note:
“Baker Lake art is noted for the depiction of mythological and religious subjects. A legend which Tataniq illustrates again and again is that of the Fox Woman. [...] There is some debate as to whether or not the woman in the legend turns into a fox or a wolf. The broad features ... certainly appear more wolf-like, even resembling a bear more than a fox. However, I defer to a quote from the artist as recorded by Marie Routledge: ‘It is a fox. The story I heard before was that she turned into a woman. [One] leg has a human foot and the other one [a] fox’s paw.’”

Norman Zepp, Pure Vision, The Keewatin Spirit, Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery, 1986, pg. 47 & 54

Estimate: $2,000—3,000

Auction Results

Auction Date Auction House Lot # Low Est High Est Sold Price
2015-06-01 Waddington's 129 2,000 3,000 3,840.00

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