Artist Barnabus Arnasungaaq
Title Muskox [and Bear]
Media stone and bone carvings
Size 1.75 x 2.75 x 1 in. / 4.4 x 7 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
both unsigned; muskox is by Barnabus Arnasungaaq [according to consignor] and measures [1.75 x 2.75 x 1 in.]; white bear is by unknown Inuit artist and measures [0.75 x 1 x 0.25 in.]

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-$400

Artist Barnabus Arnasungaaq
Title Untitled - Figure/Mother
Media black stone carving
Size 6 x 3.25 x 2.25 in. / 15.2 x 8.3 x 5.7 cm.

Notes
unsigned; some handling marks noted

Provenance
from the estate of Jerry Segal, formerly of Cottage Craft Gifts and Fine Arts Ltd. in Calgary and also known as Western Canada's 'Sub King'; proceeds being generously donated to a Synagogue
Estimate CAD$500-$700