Artist Abraham Pov
Title Untitled - Seal Hunter
Media grey stone carving
Dated
1981
Size 3 x 10.25 x 6.25 in. / 7.6 x 26 x 15.9 cm.
Estimate $200 - $400
Notes
dated, inscribed 'N5A11262' and with syllabics on bottom
Provenance
The Yacowar-Petrie collection, 50 years in the making, comes from two longtime Calgarians now retired in Victoria, B.C. Anne Petrie was the award-winning CBC TV journalist [Petrie on Prime, etc.] and author [Gone to an Aunt’s]. English/Film Studies Professor Maurice Yacowar had a double stint at the University of Calgary, as the founding [and the first fired] editor of the student paper, The Gauntlet, then as Dean of Fine Arts.
Biographical Information
Abraham Pov ~ [1927-1994] Inuit
included on the Katilvik website, disc number E9-884, community Port Harrison