Inuit art: Bear Transformation (circa 1980)
Inuit Artist: Gideon Qauqjuaq RCA (1940)
Size: 11" across, 6" high, 5" deep
Community: Spence Bay, NU 5/25
Material: Caribou Antler
id: W-9980ajjjy
Note: This piece was initially auctioned. Because the minimum reserve price was not met, the Co-op offered it to our gallery for sale.
** This item is Eligible for our 0% Interest Layaway Plan
Masterpiece Sculpture! Museum quality Carving!
CLOWNING AROUND is a delightful sophisticated transformation of a Shaman into a bear.
Carved from a caribou antler, I appreciate that Gideon has elevated the figure so we can see the motion of this piece.
Nose down. Clowning Around is diving perhaps into water, while his human legs are posed preparing to get wet!
Is the frill around his neck flower petals or rays of the sun?
The detailed textured pattern on the carving's body is exceptionally skilled and beautiful.
Clowning Around is simply stunning!
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