Artist Jimmy Inaruli Arnamissak
Title Untitled - Mother Nursing while Slicing Seal
Media grey stone sculpture
Size 12.25 x 12.25 x 8.5 in. / 31.1 x 31.1 x 21.6 cm.

Notes
signed 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.
Estimate CAD$600-$900

Artist Jimmy Inaruli Arnamissak
Title Walrus and Seal
Media grey stone carving
Dated 1976
Size 8.75 x 10.75 x 6.5 in. / 22.2 x 27.3 x 16.5 cm.

Notes
bears artist's name, title, date and community Povungnituk on Government of Canada tag included with lot; some handling marks noted

Provenance
private collection, Alberta
Estimate CAD$500-$700

Artist Jimmy Inaruli Arnamissak
Title Untitled - Woman With Ulu
Media grey stone carving
Size 7 x 7 x 9 in. / 17.8 x 17.8 x 22.9 cm.

Notes
signed 'Jimmy Smith' on bottom; some handling marks noted

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.
Estimate CAD$400-$600