Vintage Allie Awp Medium Bird Roosting with Egg in high quality Nest Inuit Art Carving 1976 Nice Display Size

A 5" high vintage stone bird carving by first generation Inuit artist Allie Awp (Amittu) (1926-1983) of Povirnituq. Nice display size.

The bird is posed roosting with a single egg between its feet. Has all the great detailing to the bird that Allie Awp is noted for, including the large eyes, the beak, the "eyebrows", "nails" on the web feet, the sharp, angular wing shoulders. Water birds were a favoured subject in Allie's art.

Signed "Allie Amittu" and dated 1976. Also has carving registration number. 1-47696

Weight: approx. 988 grams (2 pounds 2.9 ounces)

Dimensions: approx. 4 7/8 long x 1 7/8 wide x 5 high quality high

Signed "Allie Amittu"


About the Artist

First Name: Ali Tuttu Last Name: Amittu Community: Puvirnituq Sex: M

Disc Number: E9830 Date born: 1926 Died: 1983

Alternative Names: • Amittu Amittu • Ali Tuttu Amittu • Tuttu Amittu • Allie Amittu • Anepalul Amittu • Awp Amittu


Exhibits:

• Contemporary Eskimo Sculptureheld by St. James Church
• Arctic Values '65 held by New Brunswick Museum with the cooperation of the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs
• Esquimaux, Peuple du Québec held by Musée du Québec
• Eskimo Art in Northern Quebec presented by La Féderation des Cooperatives du Nouveau-Québec at "Man and His World"