First Edition 1972 "Tales from the Igloo" with Illustrations by Agnes Nanogak for serving drinks The mold is glazed above

The mold is glazed above the wrist and bisque at the bottom

Sometimes the pewter or silver bottoms of flasks such as these were removable

and there is a little hook attached for hanging

This is a terrific hand-thrown studio pottery bowl glazed with a grayish cream slip and decorated with wonderful large roundish dark blue spots

7 1/2" tall and 4 1/2" deep and weighs about 5 pounds

First Edition 1972 "Tales from the Igloo" with Illustrations by Agnes Nanogak for serving drinks The mold is glazed aboveIn recent years Ive become a huge fan of the work of many Canadian Inuit & First Nations artists, and Agnes Nanogak, who illustrated this wonderful Tales from the Igloo, is one of my very favorites. This hardcover first edition, published in 1972, features 22 stories edited & translated by Maurice Metayer interspersed with 31 fantastic full page, full color illustrations by Nanogak that communicate the same legends visuallyand which I think I could