Artist: Johnny Meeko Sr.
Title: HUNTER WITH ANIMAL SPIRITS
Medium: grey stone
Dimensions: 16.25 x 11.5 x 4 in. (41.3 x 29.2 x 10.2 cm)
Notes:
signed in syllabics and with disc number
LOT: 164
Auction: 2021 September | Hodgins Art Auctions
Artist: Eunicey Shytoo Muckpah
Title: OWL GUARDING ITS NEST
Date: 1994
Medium: dark grey-green stone and alabaster
Dimensions: 13 x 10.75 x 8.75 in. (33 x 27.3 x 22.2 cm)
Notes:
signed in Roman and syllabics in two places; dated in two places
LOT: 162
Auction: 2021 September | Hodgins Art Auctions
Artist: Towkie Maniapik
Title: FAMILY GROUP
Medium: weathered whale bone
Dimensions: 16.25 x 13.5 x 10 in. (41.3 x 34.3 x 25.4 cm)
Notes:
with igloo card
LOT: 161
Auction: 2021 September | Hodgins Art Auctions
Artist: Leo Napayuk (Napayok)
Title: MULTI-FIGURE TOTEM
Date: 1997
Medium: walrus tusk on a stone base
Dimensions: height: 7.25 in. (18.4 cm)
Notes:
signed in Roman and syllabics; dated
LOT: 160
Auction: 2021 September | Hodgins Art Auctions
Artist: Rose Elsie John
Title: FACE AND THREE WOLVES
Medium: weathered whale bone vertebrae with abalone inlays
Dimensions: 9 x 21 x 14 in. (22.9 x 53.3 x 35.6 cm)
Notes:
signed
Note: Elsie John is the grand-daughter of acclaimed carver Jimmy John [1876-1978], a descendant of Chief Maquinna.
LOT: 159
Auction: 2021 September | Hodgins Art Auctions
Artist: Daphne Odjig
Title: WATER SPIRITS
Date: 1968
Medium: acrylic on paper
Dimensions: 20.5 x 28 in. (52.1 x 71.1 cm)
Notes:
signed & dated lower left
LOT: 158
Auction: 2021 September | Hodgins Art Auctions
Artist: Dale Auger
Title: CALLER OF THE MEDICINE LODGE
Date: 1998
Medium: acrylic on canvas
Dimensions: 36 x 36 in. (91.4 x 91.4 cm)
Notes:
signed lower right; titled & dated verso
Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist.
Note: This work is illustrated on page 34 of “Medicine Paint, The Art of Dale Auger” (Dale Auger/foreword by Mary-Beth Laviolette; Heritage House, 2009). On the inspiration for this powerful image, Auger recalled:
“I had a dream one time that I was the Caller of the Medicine Lodge. It was my duty to call on all the people, so that the ceremony could begin. Everything was just right as I stood at the entrance to the lodge with the staff stick over my shoulder and my head held high. I started my journey into the lodge. I felt powerful. ‘In the Creator’s name’, I said, ‘we must direct ourselves to the Creator, because it is the Creator that gives us life. It is the Creator that gives us knowledge.’ I felt so good in that dream. I felt so good that I didn’t want to leave it.”
LOT: 157
Auction: 2021 September | Hodgins Art Auctions
Artist: Allen Sapp
Title: OUT SLEDDING
Medium: acrylic on canvas
Dimensions: 12 x 16 in. (30.5 x 40.6 cm)
Notes:
signed lower right
LOT: 156
Auction: 2021 September | Hodgins Art Auctions
Artist: Allen Sapp
Title: THE BOYS ARE PLAYING HOCKEY
Medium: acrylic on canvas
Dimensions: 16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm)
Notes:
signed lower right
LOT: 155
Auction: 2021 September | Hodgins Art Auctions
Artist: Adam Sherriff Scott
Title: PORTRAIT WITH EAGLE FEATHER
Medium: oil on canvas
Dimensions: 22.25 x 18.25 in. (56.5 x 46.4 cm)
Notes:
signed lower left and verso
LOT: 153
Auction: 2021 September | Hodgins Art Auctions
