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Shaman Transformation Figure

Louis Arnayunak (a.k.a. Louie Iquliq)

Arts of the Americas

MEDIUM Stone
DATES 1996
DIMENSIONS 4 7/8 x 2 7/8 x 5 1/8 in. (12.4 x 7.3 x 13 cm)  (show scale)
COLLECTIONS Arts of the Americas
ACCESSION NUMBER 2014.76.34
CREDIT LINE Gift from the Edward J. Guarino Collection in memory of Edgar J. Guarino
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Sculpture of dark stone depicts a seal in the act of transforming into a human being(shaman?) or represents a shaman transforming into a seal. The seal is sitting on his rear end with his tail flipping up and flippers at his side with nose raised into the air. Condition: good.
MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
CAPTION Louis Arnayunak (a.k.a. Louie Iquliq) (Canadian, Inuit, born 1968). Shaman Transformation Figure, 1996. Stone, 4 7/8 x 2 7/8 x 5 1/8 in. (12.4 x 7.3 x 13 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift from the Edward J. Guarino Collection in memory of Edgar J. Guarino, 2014.76.34. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2014.76.34_front01.JPG)
IMAGE front, CUR.2014.76.34_front01.JPG. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2022
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Louis Arnayunak (a.k.a. Louie Iquliq) (Canadian, Inuit, born 1968). <em>Shaman Transformation Figure</em>, 1996. Stone, 4 7/8 x 2 7/8 x 5 1/8 in. (12.4 x 7.3 x 13 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift from the Edward J. Guarino Collection in memory of Edgar J. Guarino, 2014.76.34. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2014.76.34_front01.JPG)