Inuit art: Seal /Otter Transformation (circa 2000)
Inuit Artist: George Noah RCA (1972-2014)
Size: 11" across, 5" high, 5" deep
Community: Cape Dorset, NU 5/25
Material: Caribou Antler
id: LW-9980fjjy
Note: This piece was initially auctioned. Since the minimum reserve price wasn't met, the Co-op then offered it to our gallery.
** This item is Eligible for our 0% Interest Layaway Plan
Masterpiece Sculpture! Museum quality Carving!
KING will be the most intriguing carving you encounter this year.
Have you ever seen a seal with two legs with flippers instead of feet?
Inuit transformations are usually animals and humans (often shamans) who are changing or transforming from one being into the other.
But according to George Noah, King is a otter who is transforming into a seal!
This is a seal who looks to be in need of a friend.
His flippers are reaching out for a hug.
I have not seen this style of inlaid eye before but it is emotional and realistic.
I love how the natural channels in the bone simulate the seal's thick coarse fur.
King is truly a one of a kind carving who will capture many hearts.
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