BEAR/BIRD (OWL) SPIRIT AND HUNTER,Noah Echaluk/Echalook (Canadian Eskimo, born 1946) Inoucdjouac (Port Harrison). An Inuit figure showing a hunter being captured by a fantastic beast with a bear head and wings, the struggling hunter with bone and string slingshot in hand. Carved soapstone, bone and string. Executed 1978. Signed and dated '78 underneath. Numbered 599031 underneath - 13 1/2 in. high. Estimate $3,800-4,000
PROVENANCE:
The Raven Gallery, Inc., Minneapolis Sale - December 14, 1982
