Leo Angotignuar
"Drummer"
Whalebone
4" x 4" x 10.75"
Provenance: Private Hamilton Collection
Note: Some organic materials such as walrus ivory and whalebone cannot be exported out of the country. International legislation does not allow us to ship sculptures made from one of these materials out of Canada.
Biography
Born in Coral Harbour, Nunavut
Leo Angotingoer is an inuit artist. He sculpts, among others, Inuits fishing or hunting, with a stone called basalt.
Basalt is a black volcanic stone. It is also the hardest stone from Nunavut to sculpt with. Therefore, Leo Angotingoer’s carvings are characterized as simple and primitive. However, the details in his pieces reveal a meticulous work and attention to the features a well as to the movements of the subjects representedin Leo’s sculptures. Sometimes, Leo Angotingoer adds caribou antler to his piece.
