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)
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)
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