Antler Earrings With Ulu Graphic

A beautiful pair of drop antler earrings. Using pyrography the artist has made graphic ulu additions to each earring. An ulu is a tool traditionally used by Inuit women as an all-purpose knife. It is utilized in applications as diverse as skinning and cleaning animals, cutting a child's hair, cutting food and, if necessary, trimming blocks of snow and ice used to build igloos.

Caribou antler
Approx. 3 x 2 cm
Registration no. 45913-6638T 

Born on December 26, 1982 in Iqaluit, Tapaungai Niviaqsi's parents are the late Pitseolak Niviaqsi and Sitaralaaq Nungusuituk Niviaqsi. Between 2007-2009, and again in 2013, he assisted the lithograph printers as a sponger.

Later in 2013, studio manager Bill Ritchie decided to work with Qavavau Manumie and Tapaungai’s uncle, Qiatsuq Niviaqsi, in the stone cut shop. Stone cuts printed by Tapaungai have been released in annual print collections since 2015.