Artist Tuna Iquliq
Title Untitled - Shaman Man
Media green stone carving
Size 7 x 3.75 x 4.5 in. / 17.8 x 9.5 x 11.4 cm.

Notes
signed with syllabics and inscribed '52918 78' 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$200-$400

Artist Tuna Iquliq
Title Untitled - Figure with Birds
Media green stone carving
Dated 1997
Size 4.25 x 6.5 x 3 in. / 10.8 x 16.5 x 7.6 cm.

Notes
signed with syllabics on bottom; bears date on label attached

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$150-$250

Artist Tuna Iquliq
Title Untitled - Inuk Boxing
Media green stone carving
Size 6.75 x 3.25 x 3 in. / 17.1 x 8.3 x 7.6 cm.

Notes
signed 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.
Estimate CAD$150-$250

Artist Tuna Iquliq
Title Untitled - Small Figure
Media green stone carving
Size 3 x 2.5 x 1.5 in. / 7.6 x 6.4 x 3.8 cm.

Notes
signed with syllabics and inscribed 'S21761' 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$100-$150