Five Inuit figural carvingsFive Inuit figural carvingsEach of carved stone, the first: Samisa Passauralu Ivilla (Povungnituk/Puvirnituq, b. 1924), a woman stretching an animal skin, signed in syllabics with the remannts of Canada Eskimo Art sticker; the second: Levi Qumaluk (Povungnituk/Puvirnituq, 1919-1997), a woman stretching an animal skin, signed in syllabics and with disc number: E9-843; the third: kneeling woman with folded arms, signed in syllabics: Naula(?) and dated 1974; the fourth: woman and child, signed indistinctly in syllabics; the fifth: kneeling woman, signed in syllabics: Annie Avalua. heights 5in - 15inProvenanceThe Levi Qumaluk purchased at The Snow Goose, Ottawa, On, July 2000; a copy of the handwritten invoice accompanies the lotThe Wendy and Les Fisher Collection of Canadian Inuit Sculpture, Chicago, IL