1980 CARIBOU IN THE DISTANCE by Mayoreak Ashoona paintings

1980 CARIBOU IN THE DISTANCE by Mayoreak Ashoona paintingsInuit Artist: Mayoreak Ashoona Inuit Print: CARIBOU IN THE DISTANCE Lithograph 1980 51 x 66. 5 cm Released in the 1980 Cape Dorset Prints collection Dorset ID#: 80 L18

"Keeping Our Stories Alive: An Exhibition of the Art and Crafts from Dene and Inuit of Canada"

Lithograph 1992

In this enigmatic work

Size: over 7" tall

75" x 3"

id: caps-9940234ijj

The legs are carved from caribou antlers and the body from whale bone

This is a museum quality piece

Any loons by him are unmistakably his own

This detail transforms the piece from a rigid static carving into a lively energized waterfowl

Caribou possesses one of the most unusual sets of antlers that I have ever seen in Inuit art

This stunning Inuit carving comes with an Igloo Tag (­­­Certified of Authenticity)