Inuit art: Sedna (circa 1980)
Inuit Artist: Basil Aptanik b. 1952
Size: 8" across, 3" high, 1" deep
Community: Baker Lake, NU 8/25
Stone: Basalt
id: LW-9980cjjy
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This is a Sedna carved gorgeously by a senior Inuit artist who helped pioneer the industry when the Canadian government started supporting the art program in Baker Lake in the 1960s.
The carvers from Baker Lake use Basalt stone which is found in that area.
It is very hard, and difficult to carve.
Baker Lake artists have become renowned for their style of carving.
Pieces are usually larger and more abstract.
This minimalistic style is largely because small precise details are difficult to carve.
Also, Baker Lake was one of the earlier locations to begin the government assisted programs.
Generally the artists who began carving in the 60s were an older generation.
The subsequent art is more RAW in its appearance.
This feature is greatly admired among Inuit art enthusiasts.
SEA QUEEN has the body of a marine mammal like a whale and a seal (large dorsal fin of a whale, tail of a seal or walrus) and the head of a female human.
She appears to be swimming underwater at extreme speed as indicated by the position of her long hair.
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