Artist: Arthur Moody
Title: FIVE FIGURE TOTEM (EAGLE, HUMAN, SHAMAN, OTTER AND FROG)
Date: 1958
Medium: argillite
Dimensions: 6.25 x 2 x 2.5 in. (15.9 x 5.1 x 6.4 cm)
Notes:
signed & dated
LOT: 187
Auction: 2021 September | Hodgins Art Auctions
Artist: Gary Minaker-Russ
Title: RAVEN BEING SWALLOWED BY KILLER WHALE
Date: 1998
Medium: argillite
Dimensions: 11.75 x 3.25 x 3.25 in. (29.8 x 8.3 x 8.3 cm)
Notes:
signed, titled & dated
LOT: 185
Auction: 2021 September | Hodgins Art Auctions
Artist: Unidentified Artist
Title: EAGLE MATRIARCH
Date: 2015
Medium: carved polychrome cedar mask with copper and abalone inlays and a fabric drape
Dimensions: 15 x 9 x 14.5 in. (38.1 x 22.9 x 36.8 cm), excluding drape
Notes:
signed indistinctly, titled & dated
LOT: 184
Auction: 2021 September | Hodgins Art Auctions
Artist: Donnie Edenshaw (Gaju Xial)
Title: SHARK MOTHER
Date: 2006
Medium: argillite with abalone inlays
Dimensions: 6.75 x 4.5 x 2 in. (15.2 x 11.4 x 5.7 cm)
Notes:
signed, titled & dated
LOT: 183
Auction: 2021 September | Hodgins Art Auctions
Artist: Captain Andrew Brown (Owt'iwans)
Title: FOUR FIGURE TOTEM POLE
Date: ca 1910-30
Medium: argillite
Dimensions: 14.5 x 3.5 x 3 in (36.8 x 8.9 x 7.06 cm)
Notes:
Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist by the grandfather (Eric W. Wrightmeyer) of the consignor. Eric Wrightmeyer was a newspaper reporter in British Columbia and traveled extensively within the province, allowing him the opportunity to build a sizable collection of West Coast artworks and artifacts.
Note: Captain Andrew Brown’s Haida name was Owt’iwans, which translates as “Big Eagle”‘ He was a skilled boat-builder and carved many great canoes, earning him the nickname “Captain” which he put in front of his English given name. He was an Eagle of the Gitins division from Yan, and frequently used the eagle crest.
Literature: “Haida Carvers in Argillite” (Marius Barbeau; National Museum of Canada, Ottawa, 1957/1974), pages 203-209.
LOT: 182
Auction: 2021 September | Hodgins Art Auctions
Artist: Doug Cranmer
Title: THUNDERBIRD MASK
Medium: carved polychrome cedar mask
Dimensions: 11.5 x 9.25 x 7.5 in. (29.2 x 23.5 x 19.1 cm)
Notes:
signed
Provenance: Ex-collection of Eric W. Wrightmeyer, by descent. Eric Wrightmeyer was a newspaper reporter in British Columbia and traveled extensively within the province, allowing him the opportunity to build a sizable collection of West Coast artworks and artifacts.
LOT: 181
Auction: 2021 September | Hodgins Art Auctions
Artist: Simeonie Uppik
Title: SEAL
Medium: grey-green stone
Dimensions: 6.25 x 12 x 3 in. (15.9 x 30.5 x 7.6 cm)
Notes:
signed in syllabics and with disc number
LOT: 180
Auction: 2021 September | Hodgins Art Auctions
Artist: Abraham Anghik Ruben
Title: BEAR WITH CUBS
Medium: steatite
Dimensions: 7 x 10 x 8.25 in. (17.8 x 25.4 x 21 cm)
Notes:
with igloo card
Provenance: Orca Art Gallery, Chicago IL
LOT: 179
Auction: 2021 September | Hodgins Art Auctions
Artist: Johnny Meeko Sr.
Title: MOTHER AND CHILD
Medium: grey-green stone
Dimensions: 9.5 x 6 x 4.5 in. (24.1 x 15.2 x 11.4 cm)
Notes:
signed in syllabics and with disc number
LOT: 178
Auction: 2021 September | Hodgins Art Auctions
Artist: Qimiata Nungusuituq
Title: BIRD
Medium: serpentine, mounted on a wooden base
Dimensions: 10 x 11.5 x 4 in. (25.4 x 29.2 x 10.2 cm), excluding base
LOT: 177
Auction: 2021 September | Hodgins Art Auctions
