Artist Annie Saituk
Title Three Birds on Antler
Media grey and brown stone and bone carving
Dated 1978
Size 7 x 8 x 4.5 in. / 17.8 x 20.3 x 11.4 cm.

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

Provenance
private collection, Alberta
Estimate CAD$150-$200

Artist Annie Sala
Title Untitled - Father and Child
Media black stone carving
Size 5.75 x 5.5 x 3.25 in. / 14.6 x 14 x 8.3 cm.

Notes
signed with syllabics and inscribed '48319' 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-$200

Artist Harry Sala
Title Untitled - Mother Stooped Over Child
Media grey stone carving
Size 6.5 x 8.25 x 5.5 in. / 16.5 x 21 x 14 cm.

Notes
signed with disc number 'E9-1497' on bottom and inscribed 'Johnsialuk'; 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$300-$500

Artist Joseph M. Sanchez
Title He has a Good Heart
Media acrylic and conte on canvas
Dated 2019
Size 10 x 8 in. / 25.4 x 20.3 cm.

Notes
signed and dated lower right; bears title gallery label verso; unframed

Provenance
Bearclaw Gallery, Edmonton, label verso; corporate collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$500-$600

Artist Joseph M. Sanchez
Title Bird Prayers
Media acrylic and conte on canvas
Dated 2019
Size 10 x 8 in. / 25.4 x 20.3 cm.

Notes
signed and dated lower left; bears title gallery label verso; unframed

Provenance
Bearclaw Gallery, Edmonton, label verso; corporate collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$500-$600

Artist Joseph M. Sanchez
Title Dream Magic
Media acrylic and conte on canvas
Dated 2019
Size 10 x 8 in. / 25.4 x 20.3 cm.

Notes
signed and dated lower centre; bears title gallery label verso; unframed

Provenance
Bearclaw Gallery, Edmonton, label verso; corporate collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$500-$600

Artist Allen Sapp
Title Setting Pails Out 'Cause It's Going To Rain
Media acrylic on canvas
Size 16 x 20 in. / 40.6 x 50.8 cm.
Frame Size 25.5 x 29.5 x 1.75 in.

Notes
signed lower right; titled verso; framed; some damage to frame lower right noted

Provenance
private collection, British Columbia/Scotland
Estimate CAD$2,000-$3,000

Artist Allen Sapp
Title My Brother and I Playing
Media acrylic on canvas
Size 16 x 20 in. / 40.6 x 50.8 cm.
Frame Size 25.5 x 29.5 x 1.75 in.

Notes
signed lower right; titled verso; framed

Provenance
private collection, British Columbia/Scotland
Estimate CAD$2,000-$3,000

Artist Bernadette Ivalooarjuk Saumik
Title Untitled - Sturdy Muskox
Media grey stone carving
Size 5.25 x 9 x 4.75 in. / 13.3 x 22.9 x 12.1 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$500-$700

Artist Inuit School
Title Untitled - Three Small Bone and Stone Sculptures
Media bone and stone carvings
Size x in. / x cm.

Notes
artist's names and titles on labels included with lot; 'Bird on Stand' by Arnanuluk measures [2 x 1 x 1 in.]; 'Seal' by Sophie Kakianian measures [0.75 x 2.5 x 1.5 in.]; 'Untitled - Bear and Bird' by unknown artist measures [1.5 x 4.5 x 1.25 in.]

Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$75-$100

Artist Inuit School
Title Untitled - Backstroking Whale
Media grey stone carving
Size 1 x 4 x 2.25 in. / 2.5 x 10.2 x 5.7 cm.

Notes
indistinctly inscribed on bottom

Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$50-$75

Artist Inuit School
Title Untitled - Bear and Seal
Media bone carving
Size 1.75 x 4.25 x 1 in. / 4.4 x 10.8 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
unsigned

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$50-$75

Artist Inuit School
Title Untitled - Bear Eating Seal
Media green stone carving
Size 3.5 x 8.5 x 3.5 in. / 8.9 x 21.6 x 8.9 cm.

Notes
inscribed '406423087' 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$150-$250

Artist Inuit School
Title Untitled - Big Bird
Media green stone carving
Size 11.5 x 8.5 x 6 in. / 29.2 x 21.6 x 15.2 cm.

Notes
unsigned; some handling marks noted

Estimate CAD$400-$600

Artist Inuit School
Title Untitled - Canvas Kayak
Media canvas and wood sculpture
Size 2.25 x 13.25 x 1.75 in. / 5.7 x 33.7 x 4.4 cm.

Notes
unsigned

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-$200

Artist Inuit School
Title Untitled - Determined Walrus
Media black stone and bone carving
Dated 1991
Size 9 x 16 x 8 in. / 22.9 x 40.6 x 20.3 cm.

Notes
dated and inscribed with syllabics on bottom

Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$600-$800

Artist Inuit School
Title Untitled - Distressed Bust
Media bone carving
Size 7 x 4 x 6 in. / 17.8 x 10.2 x 15.2 cm.

Notes
unsigned

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 Inuit School
Title Untitled - Diving
Media green stone carving
Size 15.25 x 11 x 5 in. / 38.7 x 27.9 x 12.7 cm.

Notes
unsigned; possibly missing a tusk for narwhal along bottom

Provenance
corporate collection, Toronto
Estimate CAD$500-$700

Artist Inuit School
Title Untitled - Family
Media green stone carving
Size 5.75 x 7.25 x 3.5 in. / 14.6 x 18.4 x 8.9 cm.

Notes
unsigned; some handling marks noted

Estimate CAD$150-$250

Artist Inuit School
Title Untitled - Fish
Media grey stone carving
Size 7.75 x 17.25 x 4 in. / 19.7 x 43.8 x 10.2 cm.

Notes
indistinctly inscribed on bottom; handling marks noted

Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$400-$600

Artist Inuit School
Title Untitled - Hunter and Bear
Media bone and stone carving
Size 2.25 x 4.25 x 2.5 in. / 5.7 x 10.8 x 6.4 cm.

Notes
unsigned

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$75-$100

Artist Inuit School
Title Untitled - Hunter and Two Seals
Media bone carving
Size 2 x 4.5 x 1.5 in. / 5.1 x 11.4 x 3.8 cm.

Notes
unsigned

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$50-$75

Artist Inuit School
Title Untitled - Hunter in Kayak
Media stone and bone sculpture
Size 2.5 x 8 x 5 in. / 6.4 x 20.3 x 12.7 cm.

Notes
unsigned

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 Inuit School
Title Untitled - Hunter With Harpooned Bear
Media grey stone carving
Size 4.25 x 7.25 x 2.25 in. / 10.8 x 18.4 x 5.7 cm.

Notes
unsigned

Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$100-$150

Artist Inuit School
Title Untitled - Inuk Bust
Media green stone carving
Size 5.75 x 4.75 x 1.25 in. / 14.6 x 12.1 x 3.2 cm.

Notes
unsigned

Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$100-$150

Artist Inuit School
Title Untitled - Inuk Flensing Seal
Media light grey stone carving
Size 7 x 10.75 x 7 in. / 17.8 x 27.3 x 17.8 cm.

Notes
unsigned, inscribed '6091' 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$300-$500

Artist Inuit School
Title Untitled - Inuk in Kayak with Whale on Floe
Media bone, wood and hide sculpture
Size 2.5 x 12.25 x 8.5 in. / 6.4 x 31.1 x 21.6 cm.

Notes
unsigned

Reference
according to the consignor, 'The antler provides a raging tide. This and the bone version remind us how the medium is the message. The antler's roughness and shades are more naturalistic, immediate, dynamic, than the pure bone.'

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 Inuit School
Title Untitled - Inuk with Whip
Media bone carving
Size 6.5 x 5 x 7.5 in. / 16.5 x 12.7 x 19 cm.

Notes
inscribed with syllabics on bottom; repair to legs and arm 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$200-$300

Artist Inuit School
Title Untitled - Kayak
Media bone carving
Size 1.25 x 6 x 4.5 in. / 3.2 x 15.2 x 11.4 cm.

Notes
unsigned

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$75-$100

Artist Inuit School
Title Untitled - Kneeling Figure
Media white stone carving
Dated 1974
Size 5.5 x 2.25 x 3.25 in. / 14 x 5.7 x 8.3 cm.

Notes
signed with syllabics and dated on bottom

Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$75-$100

Artist Inuit School
Title Untitled - Loon I
Media grey stone carving
Size 3 x 10 x 3 in. / 7.6 x 25.4 x 7.6 cm.

Notes
inscribed with syllabics on bottom

Estimate CAD$100-$150

Artist Inuit School
Title Untitled - Loon II
Media grey stone carving
Size 2.75 x 5 x 1.5 in. / 7 x 12.7 x 3.8 cm.

Notes
inscribed with syllabics on bottom

Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$50-$75

Artist Inuit School
Title Untitled - Lot of Four Weapon Carvings
Media bone carvings
Size x in. / x cm.

Notes
LOT OF FOUR; unsigned; measuring from [.25 x 4.75 x 1.25 in.] to [.25 x 3 x .5 in.]

Reference
according to the consignor, 'from Fehely Fine Arts, 1999; Axe from D.H. Smith, St. Louis; rifles from Diment Collection'

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$75-$100

Artist Inuit School
Title Untitled - Man Fighting Bear
Media grey stone and bone carving
Size 4.5 x 6.5 x 3.5 in. / 11.4 x 16.5 x 8.9 cm.

Notes
unsigned; some handling marks noted

Reference
according to the consignor, the artist is Peter Kuniliusee

Provenance
private collection, Alberta
Estimate CAD$100-$150

Artist Inuit School
Title Untitled - Man with Bear and Knife
Media brown stone carving
Size 7 x 8 x 3.25 in. / 17.8 x 20.3 x 8.3 cm.

Notes
unsigned; some handling marks noted

Provenance
private collection, Alberta
Estimate CAD$150-$200

Artist Inuit School
Title Untitled - Mother and Child
Media grey stone carving
Dated 1952
Size 4 x 3.25 x 3.5 in. / 10.2 x 8.3 x 8.9 cm.

Notes
unsigned; bears date on label included with lot; handling marks noted

Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$100-$150

Artist Inuit School
Title Untitled - Naked Couple
Media grey stone carving
Size 6.75 x 6 x 3 in. / 17.1 x 15.2 x 7.6 cm.

Notes
inscribed 'Mark Mark' on bottom; handling marks noted

Reference
according to the consignor, 'The first stage. The couple are naked, approaching each other, tentative. The man is still dormant. This piece is more sophisticated than at first apparent. It rewards all angles of perspective.'

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 Inuit School
Title Untitled - Needle Case
Media leather, bone and wool sculpture
Size 9.5 x 1.25 x 1 in. / 24.1 x 3.2 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
unsigned; crack down centre 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$50-$75

Artist Inuit School
Title Untitled - Old Bird
Media grey stone sculpture
Size 3.5 x 4 x 2.5 in. / 8.9 x 10.2 x 6.4 cm.

Notes
unsigned; inscribed '483' 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 Inuit School
Title Untitled - Oosik Scrimshaw of Inuit Life
Media bone
Size 2 x 18.25 x 1.5 in. / 5.1 x 46.4 x 3.8 cm.

Notes
unsigned

Reference
according to the consignor, 'ex-collection Joseph Bergasse, Director Industry, Trade and Commerce, Yellowknife. The sexual association of the object imbues the depicted community’s life with the ideas of fertility and regeneration.'

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$300-$500

Artist Inuit School
Title Untitled - Perched Bird
Media black stone carving
Size 5 x 7.5 x 3 in. / 12.7 x 19 x 7.6 cm.

Notes
inscribed with syllabics on bottom

Provenance
from a Calgary estate
Estimate CAD$100-$150

Artist Inuit School
Title Untitled - Phallic Fish
Media grey stone carving
Size 5 x 7.75 x 4.25 in. / 12.7 x 19.7 x 10.8 cm.

Notes
unsigned; inscribed '85919' on bottom of fish

Reference
according to the consignor, 'A playful meld of two fertility contexts, the sexual and nature, not completely separate.'

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 Inuit School
Title Untitled - Religious Bust
Media black stone carving
Dated 1953
Size 3.25 x 3 x 2 in. / 8.3 x 7.6 x 5.1 cm.

Notes
dated on bottom; minor handling marks noted

Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$75-$100

Artist Inuit School
Title Untitled - Salmon in Spawn
Media black stone carving
Dated 1978
Size 4.75 x 7.75 x 1.5 in. / 12.1 x 19.7 x 3.8 cm.

Notes
dated, inscribed 'No5-82489' and with syllabics on bottom

Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$150-$200

Artist Inuit School
Title Untitled - Satisfied Hunter
Media green stone and bone carving
Size 6 x 6.75 x 6 in. / 15.2 x 17.1 x 15.2 cm.

Notes
unsigned

Reference
artist's name from consignor

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-$200

Artist Inuit School
Title Untitled - Seal
Media argillite carving
Size 0.5 x 3.25 x 0.75 in. / 1.3 x 8.3 x 1.9 cm.

Notes
signed 'W.K.', titled and dated on bottom

Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$25-$50

Artist Inuit School
Title Untitled - Seal At Length
Media black stone carving
Dated 1978
Size 1.5 x 6 x 1.5 in. / 3.8 x 15.2 x 3.8 cm.

Notes
dated, inscribed '#577907' and with syllabics on bottom

Provenance
from a Calgary estate
Estimate CAD$50-$75

Artist Inuit School
Title Untitled - Seated Dog
Media dark green stone carving
Size 1 x 2.75 x 1 in. / 2.5 x 7 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
unsigned

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$50-$75

Artist Inuit School
Title Untitled - Sedna
Media grey stone sculpture
Size 5.25 x 9 x 5 in. / 13.3 x 22.9 x 12.7 cm.

Notes
inscribed '#92' 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 Inuit School
Title Untitled - Sitting Woman
Media grey stone carving
Size 4.25 x 2.25 x 3 in. / 10.8 x 5.7 x 7.6 cm.

Notes
unsigned

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 Inuit School
Title Untitled - Skinny Bird
Media bone carving
Size 7.5 x 10 x 5 in. / 19 x 25.4 x 12.7 cm.

Notes
inscribed with syllabics on bottom; small repair to base 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$200-$300

Artist Inuit School
Title Untitled - Smiling Bird
Media bone carving
Size 4 x 5.5 x 1.25 in. / 10.2 x 14 x 3.2 cm.

Notes
unsigned

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$75-$100