Description
This striking carving of Head by Henri Ainalik from Frobisher Bay / Iqaluit, is reported to be from around 1965.
This piece came to us from a private collector who said that the head was part of a collection of Inuit Art that was on display at the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto in the 1960’s.
We haven’t been able to authenticate the story, but the quality of the carving is exquisite, evocative of an important relationship between the carver and the subject. It would be interesting to explore who the subject may have been.
