Help with Inuit carving

[jtw1313]

Can anyone help with the signature or information on this one. It is not soapstone it’s a lot harder. The signature is so light I’m having a hard time getting a good pic

 

[ticndig]

try putting baby powder on it .

 

[jtw1313]

I think it brought it out a little

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[Back-of-the-boat]

Can't make out the signature but I really like the carving .

 

[ToddsPoint]

soposil t. onalik is what I see. Probably a good Inuit name. Nice hardstone carving. That looks like an igneous rock to me and they are very hard to carve without diamond tools. Gary

 

[DCMatt]

soposil t. onalik is what I see. Probably a good Inuit name. Nice hardstone carving. That looks like an igneous rock to me and they are very hard to carve without diamond tools. Gary

Good eye!

SOROSOLUTO ONALIK (NEE; SOROSILUTUK) Born: December 20, 1943 Female E7-701
Place of Birth: Kimituq Camp
Resides: Iqaluit; also lived in Cape Dorset
Sculpture, Drawings, Prints

Sorosoluto's mother, the late Egevadluq Ragee (1920-1983) was a Cape Dorset graphic artist. Her husband Tommy Onalik is a carver.

 

[jtw1313]

Thank you toddspoint

 

[yaxthri]

Great ID, great carving.

 

[Squirrel322]

That’s a really nice piece!

 

[GoldieLocks]

What makes you think it is of Inuit origin? You can do a rubbing with light paper and charcoal over the signature.

 

[GoldieLocks]

What makes you think it is of Inuit origin? You can do a rubbing with light paper and charcoal over the signature. If it is heavy, it is unlikely Inuit, as from the page I reached they used bone, antlers and soap stone to make carvings not heavier rock.

 

[jtw1313]

I don’t think im 100 % sure thanks for the comment