Artist Napacheekallak;MathewKeegootah Inuit
Title Leader Dog [Issorartuyok]
Media whale bone carving
Dated 1963
Size 0.75 x 1.5 x 0.5 in. / 1.9 x 3.8 x 1.3 cm.

Notes
unsigned; bears artist's name, disc number 'E5-19', date and community 'Spence Bay' on paperwork included with lot

Reference
according to Margaret Hess catalogue paperwork, this was purchased from the Museum of the North, Yellowknife, at a sale held for the official opening of the museum

Provenance
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$100-$300