#102 • Large Inuit Brazilian soapstone sculpture of whale with boat and rowers (whalers) by Abraham Anghik

Part of Rice Collection PART II and FINAL (timed auction by Beck Estates)

High bid $3,759.00

Status: Sold

Category: Sculpture

Large and detailed Inuit Brazilian soapstone sculpture of whale with boat and rowers (whalers) on round platform by Abraham Anghik. Platform stands 20"H x 22"Diam. Sculpture measures 25"L x 9.5"H. Purchased at Arctic Inuit Art, Kingsburg, NS in 2008 for $15,750. Made from Brazilian stone and Caribou antler (breaks to 2 paddles). Abraham Anghik Ruben (born 1951, Inuvialuit) OC is a sculptor of majority Alaskan Native ancestry. Ruben was born south of the hamlet of Paulatuk in the Inuvik Region east of the Mackenzie River Delta in the Northwest Territories, Canada in 1951. He was inducted into the Order of Canada, one of Canada's highest honours, on November 17, 2016. Ruben now lives and works on Saltspring Island, British Columbia.   The art of Inuvialuit artist Abraham Anghik Ruben (b. 1951) portrays journeys of exploration, migration, and displacement through voyages across time and place, and into the spiritual realm. In these recent sculptures, Ruben contrasts the ancient lives of two northern peoples—Norse adventurers and Inuit (Inuvialuit) whale hunters—guiding us to a new perspective on the complex history of the North American Arctic, a history shaped by movement, contact, and change. His sculpture was exhibited in conjunction with the 18th Inuit Studies Conference in Washington, D.C. at the Smithsonian/Museum of the American Indian. LINK: https://americanindian.si.edu/explore/exhibitions/item?id=689