Spirit Wrestler Gallery: Art Exhibition: Nunavik 2002

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41. Polar bear guarding her cub
Artist: Peter Boy Itukalla
Area: Puvirnituq
Material: Steatite
Size: 22 x 9 x 12"
sold
r20639

42. Boy with sled
Artist: Juanipi Angtigulu Uqaitu
Area: Puvirnituq
Material: Steatite
Size: 10 x 7 x 5"
sold
r20637

43. Stalking hunter with harpoon
Artist: Peter Boy Itukalla
Area: Puvirnituq
Material: Steatite, wood, sinew, metal, ivory
Size: 18 x 15 x 7.5"
sold
r10127

44. Bear cubs
Artist: Juanisi Jakusi Itukalla
Area: Puvirnituq
Material: Steatite
Size: 4.5 x 8.5 x 1.5"
r20642

45. Bull caribou
Artist: Thomassiapik Sivuarapik
Area: Puvirnituq
Material: Serpentine, caribou antler
Size: 6 x 10 x 3"
sold
r91215

46. Daughter making the child comfortable in mother's amouti
Artist: Peter Boy Itukalla
Area: Puvirnituq
Material: Steatite
Size: 17 x 16 x 8"
r20604

47. The confrontation - the seal and the polar bear
Artist: Peter Boy Itukalla
Area: Puvirnituq
Material: Steatite
Size: 14 x 16 x 6"
m10202

48. Mother giving birth
Artist: Samauili Qumaluk
Area: Puvirnituq
Material: Steatite
Size: 5.5 x 10.5 x 9.5"
sold
r10120

49. Mother and children with kudlik
Artist: Juaniapi Angutigulu Uqaitu
Area: Puvirnituq
Material: Steatite, caribou antler
Size: 15 x 19 x 8"
sold
r20616

50. Inuk and the giant legend (story below)
Artist: Lucassie Qumaluk
Area: Puvirnituq
Material: Steatite, ivory
Size: 5 x 11 x 6.5"
m20401

The Legend of the Giant
"In the land of the Inukjuangmiut there once lived a giant who captured an Inuit hunter and carried him off inland
on his back. It was a long journey and the hunter contrived by various means to tire his captor so that the time
came when the giant was forced to lie down and rest. Once he was asleep, the hunter saw his chance, hacked
off the giant's head and made his escape.
But the giant's wife gave chase and caught up with the hunter. When she struck out at him he dodged behind
a rock and her blow smote the rock, splitting it in two. From the crack poured a mighty torrent of water that soon
formed a river. The woman, exhausted from the chase, stopped to drink from it and drank so much that she burst.
Thus did the Inuit hunter overcome his enemies and return to his family.
The river, which flows to this day, is called Inukjuak - the Giant. The settlement at it's mouth takes the same name
and those who live there are known as Inukjuangmiut - the People of the Inukjuak".

51. Hunter skinning caribou
Artist: Aisa Amittu
Area: Akulivik
Material: Steatite
Size: 4 x 5 x 2"
r20605

52. Hunters collecting eggs
Artist: Aisa Amittu
Area: Akulivik
Material: Steatite
Size: 15.5 x 10 x 4"
sold
r10122

53. Sedna and young
Artist: Nutaraluk Iyaituk
Area: Akulivik
Material: Steatite
Size: 10 x 17 x 2"
sold
r20620

54. Family of otters
Artist: Adamie Anautak
Area: Akulivik
Material: Steatite
Size: 14 x 12 x 5"
sold
r20627

55. Hunter listening for seal
Artist: Nutaraluk Iyaituk
Area: Akulivik
Material: Steatite
Size: 5.5 x 7 x 1.5"
sold
r20606

56. Gillnet fishing
Artist: Mattiusi Iyaituk
Area: Ivujivik
Material: Caribou antler, sinew, serpentine, muskox hair
Size: 29 x 22 x 12"
r20623

57. Looking for a knife
Artist: Mattiusi Iyaituk
Area: Ivujivik
Material: Serpentine
Size: 17 x 8 x 9"
r20603

58. The joy of fishing
Artist: Mattiusi Iyaituq
Area: Ivujivik
Material: Caribou antler, sinew, alabaster, steatite, muskox hair
Size: 18 x 16 x 12"
sold
r20646