Important Inuit Art: The Ene Schoeler Collection and Select Highlights

A curated sale of exceptional Inuit sculpture, drawings, and prints featuring works from The Ene Schoeler Collection—assembled by the longtime Secretary of the Canadian Eskimo Arts Council (1967–1989). Highlights include early James Houston field drawings, a rare 1967 Kenojuak Ashevak folio, spirited works by Pitseolak Ashoona, and powerful stone carvings of Arctic wildlife.

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Lot 1:Inuit Fossilized Whale Bone Carving Bird Form

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Lot 2:Inuit Soapstone sculpture Jimmy Kattuk Belcher Islands

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Lot 3:Inuit Soapstone sculpture of a portrait / Stone Carving Human Head

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Lot 4:Inuit Whale Bone Sculpture of a Walrus

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Lot 5:Large Fossilized Whale Bone Sculpture, Hunter Figure

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Lot 6:Inuit Soapstone Serpentine Carving, Kneeling Figure sculpture

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Lot 7:Inuit Soapstone Stone Carving, Standing Figure Sculpture

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Lot 8:Samson Meeko (E9-32, Belcher Islands) Serpentine Carving, Bearded Head

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Lot 10:Inuit Signed Loon Carving Johnassie, Belcher Islands

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Lot 11:Inuit Soapstone Carving of a Standing Figure in Parka

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Lot 12:Inuit, 20th century Stone Carving of a Bird

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Lot 13:Inuit Soapstone Carving Bird in Flight

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Lot 14:Small Inuit Carving of a Standing Figure

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Lot 15:Inuit Stone Carving of a Standing Bird

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Lot 16:Annie Novalinga (Inuit, b. 1939) Stone Carving of a Seated Figure

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Lot 17:Inuit Stone Carving Human Face Plaque

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Lot 18:Inuit Carved Green Soapstone Sculpture of Two Heads

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Lot 19:Shavekok Ningeochaak (Coral Harbour, 20th C) Steatite Engraved Plaque

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Lot 20:Inuit Soapstone Carving Stylized Head

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Lot 21:Paulassie Tungilik (1947–2014, Pelly Bay) Stone Bird Carving with Original Tag

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Lot 22:Inuit Stone Carving of a Seal, ca. mid-20th century

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Lot 23:Inuit Soapstone Carving of a Seated Figure, by Muna Parr, Cape Dorset

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Lot 24:Inuit Carved Stone Sculpture, Abstract Shaman Design, Early Form

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Lot 25:Inuit Stone Carving Stylized Head, Early Work

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Lot 26:Vintage Inuit Soapstone Carving of a Figure, Morjun AK, 3.25 in.

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Lot 27:Small Inuit Stone Carving of Standing Woman

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Lot 28:Large Inuit Stone Bird Sculpture, Thadlik Nung (Cape Dorset), 1984

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Lot 29:Inuit Stone Carving of a Seated Figure by A. Kopainuk (Repulse Bay)

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Lot 30:Attributed to Mary Egevadluq Ragee (1925–1983), Inuit Soapstone Figure, Cape Dorset

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Lot 31:Vintage Inuit Carved Seal, 20th Century, 4.25 in

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Lot 32:Inuit Stone Sculpture of a Stylized Bear

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Lot 33:Lukta Qiatsuq (1928–2004), Cape Dorset, Steatite Bird Sculpture

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Lot 34:Signed Inuit Stone Carving, Hunter Figure with Raised Arm

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Lot 35:JOSEPHIE KOKSEAK (1933-), E6-271, Broughton Island Sedna with Seal (Transformation) Inuit Soapstone c. 1965-75,

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Lot 36:Inuit Carved Stone Figure of a Standing Person

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Lot 37:Large Inuit Stone Sculpture of a Seated Figure

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Lot 38:Inuit Carving of Two Figures in Fossilized Bone

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Lot 39:Inuit Soapstone Bird with Human Face Carving, Spence Bay

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Lot 40:Inuit Carved Fossilized Bone Sculpture of Two Figures

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Lot 41:Inuit Stone Carving of a Standing Figure

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Lot 42:Inuit Stone Carving of a Walrus

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Lot 43:Inuit Stone Carving of a Bird, signed "Kellipellik"

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Lot 44:Edetoak Iyyittuaq (Inuit, mid-20th century) Stone carving of a bird

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Lot 45:Small Inuit Stone Carving of a Sea Urchin

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Lot 46:Inuit Stone Carving of a Bird

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Lot 47:Manner Lucy Tasseor Tutsweetok (Arviat / Eskimo Point, 1934-2012) Inuit Stone Sculpture 1974

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Lot 48:Inuit Doll with Stone Face and Original Guild Tag, Pond Inlet

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Lot 49:Inuit Miniature Carving Landscape Scene, Bone & Stone

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Lot 50:Inuit Owl Sculpture in Two Parts, Fossilized Whalebone

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Lot 51:Inuit Soapstone Sculpture, Double-Sided Head and Bird Motif

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Lot 52:Inuit Whale Bone Carving of a Hunter

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Lot 53:M. Pissuyi (Eskimo Point, now Arviat), Carved Serpentine Sculpture of a Bird, 1977

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Lot 54:Inuit Carved Bone Bird Sculpture, Canada, mid-20th c.

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Lot 55:Ulayok (Ulayuk) Gloolok (Canadian, active mid-20th century) Figures on Stone, May 1968

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Lot 56:Inuit Stone Carving, Bird Form

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Lot 57:Pudlo Saila (1916-1992, Cape Dorset / Kinngait) Face in Stone Carving

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Lot 58:Inuit Soapstone Figure in Hooded Parka, mid-20th century

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Lot 59:Signed Inuit Soapstone Figure of a Bird, mid-20th century

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Lot 60:Inuit Stone Carving, Bird in Flight

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Lot 61:Inuit Stone Sculpture of Standing Figure

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Lot 62:Vintage Canadian Ookpik Owl Doll in Original Box

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Lot 63:Inuit Carved Bone Plaque with Whale Figures

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Lot 64:Vintage Inuit “Ookpik” Owl Doll, Sealskin

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Lot 65:Martha Krining (Inuit, Canadian), Rabbit Fish Carving

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Lot 66:Miniature Inuit Carving, Hunter with Dog, 20th c.

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Lot 67:Collection of Eight Inuit Miniature Carvings

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Lot 68:Inuit Carved Bone Letter Opener with Decorated Handle

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Lot 69:Inuit Carved Bone Sculpture of a Bird

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Lot 70:Inuit Carved Bone Fishing Implement with Sinew and Hook

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Lot 71:Inuit Carved Bone Figure on Driftwood Base

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Lot 72:Inuit Carved Bone and Hide Miniature Sled

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Lot 73:Double-Sided Inuit Carved Bone Mask, Faces on Vertebra

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Lot 74:Inuit Carved Bone Figure of a Standing Man

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Lot 75:Inuit Carved Miniature Dog Sled with Team

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Lot 76:Miniature Inuit Stone Carving of a Bird

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Lot 77:Inuit Carved Vertebra Mask, Canada, Mid-20th Century

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Lot 78:Inuit Carved Scraper / Spoon-Like Tool, 20th c.

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Lot 79:Inuit Carved Necklace with Beluga Pendant, 20th c.

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Lot 80:Inuit stone carving “Man and Child” face sculpture by Nuleahyoak Lena

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Lot 81:Traditional Inuit seal-oil lamp wick holder (qulliq wick trimmer/holder)

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Lot 82:Inuit Soapstone Drill Guide (Bearing Block), with Collection Number

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Lot 83:Inuit Soapstone Carving Dog Head on Bone Base, Mid-20th Century

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Lot 84:Inuit Carved Face Bust, Bone/Antler, with Pigment Accents

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Lot 85:Inuit Carved Face in Stone Setting Repulse Bay (Naujaat) Co-op

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Lot 86:Inuit Carved Antler Knife

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Lot 87:20th Century Inuit Carved Miniature Rifle

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Lot 88:Group of Inuit Miniature Bird Carvings, 20th Century

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Lot 89:Inuit Carved Figure, Co-op Tag

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Lot 90:Inuit Carved Bone Geese Figural Group

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Lot 91:Large Inuit Stone Sculpture of Whale, 20th Century

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Lot 92:Timungjuk (Inuit, 20th Century) Large Serpentine Seal Carving

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Lot 93:Eliyakota Samualie (1939–1987), Cape Dorset Engraved Steatite Plaque

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Lot 94:Seepie Ipeelie (Inuit, 20th Century) Carved Stone Muskox

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Lot 95:Nuvalinga (Inuit, 20th Century) Carved Stone Fish

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Lot 96:Notoya Sculptor (Baker Lake, 1967) Seal, Steatite Sculpture

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Lot 97:Inuit Steatite Plaque with Incised Owl

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Lot 98:Elizabeth Qootova (Inuit, 20th Century) Sedna / Seal Transformation Figure

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Lot 99:Puvirnituq Inuit Soapstone Carving of a Seal

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Lot 100:Small Inuit Soapstone Carving of a Dancing Figure, Early Northern Quebec Workshop, ca. mid-20th C

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Lot 101:Small Inuit Soapstone Carving of a Fist with Bird, Martha Kopalie (Broughton Island)

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Lot 102:Small Soapstone Bird in Flight, Attributed to Amootiq (Amo-O, Naujaat Co-op)

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Lot 103:Inuit Stone Carving of a Seal ca. mid-20th Century

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Lot 105:Pair of Inuit Fossilized Whale Bone Specimens

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Lot 106:Group of Three Miniature Inuit Carvings; Face, Goat, Figure

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Lot 107:Three Inuit Miniature Carvings in Carved Bone, Arctic Canada, mid-20th century

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Lot 108:Three Inuit Carvings: Fish, Bird, and Standing Figure

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Lot 109:Two Inuit Miniature Carved Figures

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Lot 110:Rare Inuit Sled Dogs with Harnesses, Attributed to R. Ikkidluak (1905–1970), 1968

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Lot 111:Jessie Oonark (1906-1985), Baker Lake - United Nations Habitat Conference Portfolio, 1976, Limited

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Lot 112:Jessie Oonark (1906-1985), Baker Lake - United Nations Habitat Conference Portfolio, 1976, Limited Edition Print & First Day Cover (No. 386/1000)

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Lot 113:Jessie Oonark (Canadian, 1906-1985) WFUNA First Day Cover & Limited Edition Print for UN Habitat Conference, 1976 (No. 367/1000)

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Lot 114:Jessie Oonark (Canadian, 1906-1985) WFUNA First Day Cover & Limited Edition Print for UN Habitat Conference, 1976 (No. 387/1000)

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Lot 115:Jessie Oonark (Canadian, 1906-1985) & Various Artists, Inuit/UN Stamp & Ephemera Collection, 1974-1978

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Lot 116:Group of 10 Cape Dorset Prints, 1972 (Parr, Kananginak, Kakulu, Keeleemooomee, Lucy, Padloo, Jamasie)

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Lot 117:Arviat Stone Figure, c. 1970s, signed in syllabics, CEAC #20475

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Lot 118:James Archibald Houston (1921-2005), Inuit Woman, 1954, ink on paper, signed

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Lot 119:Cape Dorset Inuit Print of Transformation Figure, c. 1960s–70s

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Lot 120:Qamani’tuaq (Baker Lake) Print - Animals Acrobat by Jamasie Teevee (Inuit, 1910–1985)

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Lot 121:James Houston (1921-2005), Hunter in Parka - Limited Edition Print, 1950s

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Lot 122:James Houston (1921-2005), Mother and Child, c.1950s, Limited Edition Print

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Lot 123:James Archibald Houston (1921-2005), Mother and Child, Limited Edition Print

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Lot 124:James Archibald Houston (1921-2005), Fisherman Drum Dancer Limited Edition Print

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Lot 125:Unknown Photographer, Western Fence with Mountain Landscape, Gelatin Silver Print, c. 1950s

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Lot 126:Jessie Oonark (1906-1985), Baker Lake - United Nations Habitat Conference Framed Print and First Day Cover Edition 600/1000

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Lot 127:Colour Drawings by Fifteen Cape Dorset Artists, Portfolio of 30 Prints with Introductory Text, c. 1971, Oxford University Press

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Lot 128:Alashua Aningmiuq (1914–1972) Kikavik, ca. 1969, Ink on paper

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Lot 129:Jamesie Teevee (1910-1985), Small Owl, Stonecut & Stencil, 1967, Edition 41/50

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Lot 130:Pitseolak Ashoona (1904-1983), Group Dance, Stonecut & Stencil on Paper, Cape Dorset, c. 1970s

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Lot 131:Holman 1970 Eskimo Prints, Set of 7 Promotional Posters, Ulukhaktok (Holman), 1970

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Lot 132:James Houston (1921-2005), Arctic Drawings, Portfolio of Four Lithographs, c. 1970

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Lot 133:Leo Yerxa (1947–2017), Of Indian Women (Set of Four Prints), Lithographs, ca. 1970s

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Lot 134:James Houston (1921-2005), Arctic Drawings, Sample Portfolio of Two Prints, c. 1970

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Lot 135:Arctic Drawings by James Houston (1921-2005) Portfolio of Three Prints

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Lot 136:James Houston, Arctic Drawings - Portfolio with Four Signed Prints

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Lot 137:James Houston - Arctic Drawings II, Portfolio of Five Signed Artist’s Proofs

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Lot 138:James Houston - Eskimo Woman, Shamanjok with Child on Her Back, Original Drawing, 1949

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Lot 139:James Houston (1921-2005), Arctic Drawings Folio, Set of Five Prints

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Lot 140:Kenojuak Ashevak (Canadian Inuit, 1927-2013) - Kenojuak Folio, 1967

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Lot 141:Sarain Stump (1945-1974) Four Prints Folio: Ghost Dance, Spirit Talk, Bringing Back a Lost Soul, Only Buffaloes Can Call Buffaloes (1972)

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Lot 142:James Houston (1921-2005) The White Dawn, Baffin Island, 1973 Lithograph on paper

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Lot 143:Tom Hill (b. 1943), Confrontation, Lithograph, ca. 1970s

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Lot 145:James Houston (1921-2005), Lot of Three Prints, Lithographs, ca. 1970s

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Lot 146:Tom Hill (b. 1943), Meditation, Lithograph, ca. 1970s

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Lot 147:James Houston (1921-2005), Female, Baffin Island, Lithograph, 1970s

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Lot 148:Tom Hill (b. 1943), Love, Lithograph, ca. 1970s

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Lot 149:James Houston (1921-2005), Ayaa & Child, Lithograph, ca. 1970s

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Lot 150:Sorel Etrog (1933-2014), Untitled Embossed Print, 1966

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Lot 151:Sylvia Partje (20th Century), Tree Study, Watercolour on Paper, 1984

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Lot 152:James Houston (1921-2005), Kinngait Woman, Mixed Media Drawing, 1957

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Lot 153:MOVE TO NOVEMBER AUCTION

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Lot 154:United Nations WFUNA Signed Cachet Prints and FDC Collection, ca. 1974-1976

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Lot 155:T.E. Moore (Toronto Photographer) Portrait of Inuit Artist with National Film Board of Canada Proof Sheets, circa 1960s

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Lot 156:MOVE TO NOVEMBER AUCTION

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Lot 157:Irene Avaalaaqiaq Tiktaalaaq (b. 1941, Baker Lake)

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Lot 158:SIMON TOOKOOME (1934-2010), A Vision of Animals

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Lot 159:Mabel Nigiyok (b. 1947), RCA, Spectators, Stonecut and stencil on paper, 1985

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Lot 160:Pitseolak Ashoona (1904-1983) Hunters Climbing the Ice Floe, 1971 Stonecut and stencil in colors on paper, edition 24/50

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Lot 161:Ikayukta Tunnillie (1911-1980), Birds and Spirit, 1978, Stonecut and Stencil, 50/50, Cape Dorset

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Lot 162:Inuit Stone Sculpture of a Hunter with Seal, Dorset (Kinngait), mid-20th century

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Lot 163:Large Aqjangajuk Shaa Inuit Carved Soapstone Polar Bear

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Lot 164:Inuit Trapper and Dogs Oshoochiak Pudlat, Kinngait (Cape Dorset) 1984 Lithograph

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Lot 165:Norval Morrisseau (1932-2007), Birds of the Spirit, Original Woodland School Serigraph, Signed

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Lot 166:Art Eskimo Art / Art Esquimau, 1961 Portfolio

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Lot 167:Inuit Seal Skin and Leather Child's Boots, ca. 1950s-60s

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Lot 168:Inuit, Ivujivik (E9) Stone Mother and Child Sculpture (ca. 1960s-70s)

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Lot 169:Inuit Carving Whale or Shark Form in Bone, ca. 1970s

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Lot 170:Isaacie Etidloie (E7-162, Cape Dorset) Stone Seal Carving

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Lot 171:Issiube (E7-687, Cape Dorset) Stone Seal Carving

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Lot 172:Killa Tulugaq (W1-18, Puvirnituq) Abstract Stone Carving

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Lot 173:Inuit Duffle Wool Parka, Signed E7 216 with Embroidered Avataq Motifs

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Lot 174:Inuit Sealskin Hat and Child’s Kamiks (Boots)

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