Whalebone Carving - Head of an Inuit Man. Circa 1968. Height 10 in.. Beginning in the 1960s the Canadian government assis... (Total: 1 Item Item)

Description

Whalebone Carving - Head of an Inuit Man
Circa 1968
Height 10 in.

Beginning in the 1960s the Canadian government assisted with programs to benefit the native peoples of the Northwest Territories and Arctic. They helped in the establishment of artist cooperatives in the north and the marketing of prints, soapstone sculptures, and whalebone carvings in the larger cities of the southern provinces. The success of these endeavors continues to the present. This untitled sculpture is carved from weathered whalebone by Cedric, an Inuit artist.

Provenance
Eskimo Fine Arts, Ottawa, Canada, 1968.
Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Texas.



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