Old School Fabulous Inuit Eskimo Art Argillite Loon Bird Carving Sculpture

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Old School Fabulous Inuit Eskimo Art Argillite Loon Bird Carving Sculpture :
$69.99

Very well carved
Superb, knowledgeable and old folk naive Inuit art

Arctic Loon bird - delicately carved beak
Great plump feathers/body lines tapering to small tail feathers

By an unknown Sanikiluaq Inuit artist

Good condition - argillite stone
Saw and file marks, minor tape glue remains and numbered Canada Certified Eskimo art sticker on bottom
Natural mineral lines and markings throughout
Approx: 7 1/2 inches long x 3 1/2 high x 3 1/4 wide

Selections from the booklet
Canadian Inuit Sculpture - Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
Carvings from Sanikiluaq, situated in the Belcher Islands in Hudson Bay, are very popular with both art collectors and tourists.
...but it is the representations of the Arctic wildlife of the islands, particularly birds and marine mammals, that have made the art of this community so eagerly sought after. They also derive much of their popularity from the argillite stone which ranges from light green to almost black, often has a distinctive striped grain, and takes a beautiful polish.
Although the generic term soapstone is commonly used, this is a bit misleading. Soapstone , a soft talc steatite, is not used nearly as much as the harder serpentine, serpentinite, siltstone, argillite, dolomite, quartz and other types.
Materials are often in short supply, and artists must travel great distances overland or by boat to quarry quantities of good quality stone.
Multiple purchases shipped together.
Buyer to pay shipping and insurance costs.
Canadian buyers subject to Canadian taxes.

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