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Title	Story of the Big Giant Inukpuk
Artist	Davidialuk Alasua Amittu
Region	Povungnituk
Dimensions (h x w x d)	4 in x 15.5 in x 8 in
Material	Dark gray stone
Creation Date	1960
Acquisition Year	2013
Source	Waddington's
Provenance
Acquisition Date	5/6/2013
Invoice	140649.1
Price	$20,400.00
Currency	CAD
Exchange Rate	$1.00
US Currency	$20,400.00
Historic Rate	1
Notes	Bid: 17000 + 20% premium; signed in Roman and with disc number; STORY OF THE BIG GIANT INUKPUK; Provenance: Private Collection, Kuujjuaq, QC Private Collection, Toronto, ON;
Noteworthy	The story of the Big Giant Inukpuk is told as follows: "Three eskimos [sic] who were travelling [sic] had a big Giant with them. One night while they were sleeping they saw a white fox eating the inside of the Giant's nose. The Giant said: 'Something inside my nose is very itchy" and as he said so a white fox came out of his nose. He had a skin bag but as there was no meat in it he did not want to use it as a pillow because he always was using meat as a pillow and every morning there was no meat that the eskimos [sic] had got. He was eating all the animals caught, but the eskimos [sic] were scared of saying anything. When they moved to get away from him they killed him because he was eating entire animals, all their catches and even eskimos [sic], which were found in his stomach."

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