12.5" Kayak by Famous Jimmy Iqaluq

Inuit art: Kayak  
Inuit Artist: Jimmy Iqaluq
Size: 12.5 inches long, 4" high, 3" wide (paddle is 11" wide). Weight: 3.4 lbs.
Community: Sanikiluaq
Stone: Argillite

id: ejj-45056j

This Kayak is a centerpiece for our Inuit art gallery. It was carved by the world famous Jimmy Iqaluq (top five Inuit artists in Canada). 

It is a museum quality piece.

This sculpture is very detailed, it consists of a kayak, a hunter, a seal and an avatak 

Signed and comes with igloo tag.

Jimmy Iqaluq (1947 - present)

Community: Sanikiluaq

Solo exhibition:

"An exhibition of art by Jimmy Iqaluq of Sanikiluaq", Indian and Inuit Art Gallery in the offices of the federal department of Indian and Northern Affairs, Hull, Ontario, Canada, 2005

Exhibitions:
"Keeping Our Stories Alive: An Exhibition of the Art and Crafts from Dene and Inuit of Canada", Institute of American Indian Arts Museum, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA, 1995
"Belcher Island Sculpture", Robertson Galleries, Ottawa, Canada, 1980
"Belcher Island Sculpture", Inuit Gallery of Vancouver, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 1981
"Sculpture from Belcher Islands", Images of the North, San Francisco, California, USA, 1981
"Belcher Island Community Sculpture", The Raven Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, 1981
"Baffin Images", Orca Aart, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1989
"Kunstwerke der Inuit", Presented by CreARTion, Eppstein in conjunction with the annual meeting of the Association of Canadian Studies at the Hotel am Badersee, Grainau, Germany, 1993
"Share the Vision", Philadelphians Collect Inuit Art, Art Space Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, 1994
"Miniaturen", Inuit Galerie, Mannheim, Germany, 1998