Vintage Inuit JOANASSIE OOMAYOUALOOK Black Soapstone Figural Carving
Vintage Inuit JOANASSIE OOMAYOUALOOK Black Soapstone Figural Carving Vintage Inuit JOANASSIE OOMAYOUALOOK Black Soapstone Figural Carving Vintage Inuit JOANASSIE OOMAYOUALOOK Black Soapstone Figural Carving Vintage Inuit JOANASSIE OOMAYOUALOOK Black Soapstone Figural Carving Vintage Inuit JOANASSIE OOMAYOUALOOK Black Soapstone Figural Carving Vintage Inuit JOANASSIE OOMAYOUALOOK Black Soapstone Figural Carving Vintage Inuit JOANASSIE OOMAYOUALOOK Black Soapstone Figural Carving
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Vintage Inuit JOANASSIE OOMAYOUALOOK Black Soapstone Figural Carving

DETAILS
MAKER
Joanassie Oomayoualook (Inuit People, First Nations, Canada, 1934), Settlement: Inukjuak (Port Harrison), Nunavik, Quebec, Canada
MARKS
Numbered: E9-1749 and signed in syllabics. The first letter and number indicates the region and the last four numbers identify the artist. This Eskimo Identification Number system began in the 1941 and the practice was abolished in the early 1980s. The Arctic was divided into twelve districts West (Wl - W3) and East (E1 - E9).
PERIOD
Late 20th century
DATE
Circa 1965
DIMENSIONS
Width 7.5 Depth 4.5 Height 10.25 inches
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