Basil Aptanik, Inuit Stone Carved Figure with Wonderful Face and Bone Tool horse racing history great Martin Wong

great Martin Wong

and some flyaway hairs

which make it easy to imagine the artist standing in this particular spot

and are signed Scher 1993 on the front of each and numbered on the back with what looks like "h43

Animals and lady in very good condition

Basil Aptanik, Inuit Stone Carved Figure with Wonderful Face and Bone Tool horse racing history great Martin WongThis may be my favorite piece of Inuit sculpture I've owned, which is saying a lot, and I'll be very glad to keep this one for myself. It was created (and signed in syllabics) by carver and printmaker Basil Aptanik (b. 1952) of Baker Lake, Nunavut Territory in Canada and I believe dates to the 1980s. Stepson of the late carver and printmaker Martha Aptanik and stepbrother of the late sculptor Paul Toolooktook, Basil Aptanik's sculptures most often