Inuit Hunter Carving from TB Sanatorium

An Inuit carved serpentine statue of a hunter, standing wearing…
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An Inuit carved serpentine statue of a hunter, standing wearing an anorak, holding a bone harpoon and leather thongs. Provenance: Gifted to the vendor's father, a doctor practicing between 1954-58 at the Mountain Sanatorium ('The San') an isolation hospital for tuberculosis (TB) at Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Inuit patients resident for treatment periods of around two months used serpentine gathered from a lake and creeks within the grounds of The San to use as material for these carvings which were gifted to staff in appreciation for their recovery from TB. Height 17.5 cm

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