Artist Aculiak; Joe Adlaka Inuit
Title Hunter Killing Bear
Media black stone carving with bone
Dated 1959
Size 6.75 x 9.5 x 3 in. / 17.1 x 24.1 x 7.6 cm.

Notes
signed with disc number 'E9-1595' and inscribed with syllabics on bottom; bears date and community 'Port Harrison' on paper included with lot; missing spear and some handling marks noted

Provenance
purchased from Quest Gallery, Banff [1973]; from the Estate of Dr. Margaret [Marmie] Perkins Hess, see some additional information at Canadian Museum of History Announces Major Bequest of Inuit Art from the late Dr. Margaret Hess
Estimate CAD$300-$500