Foraging Goose by Paulosie Sivuak (1930-1986), Inuit

Foraging Gooseby Paulosie Sivuak (1930-1986), InuitPovungnituk, Nunavut, Canadasoapstone3” high x 7” long x 2” wide Paulosie Sivuak (1930-1986) was from the Inuit community of Povungnituk in the Nunavut territory of the Canadian arctic. Sivuak learned to carve by watching his older brother, Koperqualuk. He was also inspired by James Houston and the success of his predecessors in Inukjuak, who traded their stone and ivory carvings to people aboard the supply ship Nascopie. He carved his first piece in 1948 or 1949 and shortly thereafter produced an additional sculpture of two otters pegged to a base, which he carved with a pocket knife and sold to the Hudson’s Bay Company. Sivuak greatly admired the carvings of his older brother and also remembers being impressed by the works of Noah Kenoua, a physically disabled carver who lived in a different camp, but also sold his work to the Hudson’s Bay Company (Mitchell 1995:55). He also recalls seeing James Houston’s instructional pamphlet Eskim