Animal Spirits
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- Artist
- Peter Nauya
- Date
- n.d.
- Catalogue Number
- NaP.06.01
- Description
- Compound form of caribou calf with upraised head merged with opposite facing head of animal with one bear-like claw and long tail or tentacle. Details in heads of animals; set on flat base which is scratched Peter Nauya 71921. Poss. same artist as Peter Nowya of Povungnituk, reference Image 344 of …
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- Artist
- Peter Nauya
- Title
- Animal Spirits
- Date
- n.d.
- Dimensions
- 11.0 x 6.5 x 17.5 cm
- Description
- Compound form of caribou calf with upraised head merged with opposite facing head of animal with one bear-like claw and long tail or tentacle. Details in heads of animals; set on flat base which is scratched Peter Nauya 71921. Poss. same artist as Peter Nowya of Povungnituk, reference Image 344 of Swinton, Geo. Sculpture of the Eskimo.
- Subject
- animal, caribou
- symbolism
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- NaP.06.01
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