Vintage 11-Inch Bear Shaman Transformation Sculpture By Gideon Qauqjuaq – ‘Clowning Around’

Description

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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