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B211 – “Storyteller Using String Games to Teach Survival” (2023)

CAD$ 11,850 (+GST/HST if applicable, packing, insurance, shipping)

Artist: Manasie Akpaliapik (1955 – cont.) of Ikpiarjuk, Nunavut and Ontario

Signature: Signed to the base in Inuktitut syllabics

Medium: Weathered bowhead whale vertebra, Whalebone, African wonderstone, Arctic marble, String

Dimensions: W: 32.0” x H: 25.5” x D: 12.0”

Condition: Excellent

The string game was commonly used in storytelling to make it more interesting and fun for the younger people to learn the legends and stories as part of our oral history.