TUNA IQUILIQ (1934-2015) QAMANI'TUAQ (BAKER LAKE)
unsigned.
ESTIMATE: $4,000— $6,000
PRICE REALIZED: $3,660.00
Further images
Tuna Iquliq was born in Baker Lake but lived in Rankin Inlet for several years. Influenced by Tiktak and Kavik to some extent, Tuna nonetheless developed a unique brutalist style. Perhaps best known for his wonderful depictions of seated women of the 1970s, [1] Tuna also produced several spectacular heads (see First Arts 28 May 2019, Lot 48). This epic and enigmatic sculpture presents a massive head with faces gazing off in all four directions. Its precise meaning can only be guessed at, but the fangs certainly provide a clue. Perhaps Four Faces represents a fanged shaman with special powers of sight or attended by three ancestor spirits.
1. See First Arts 12 July 2020, Lot 38. For other examples see Art Gallery of Ontario, The People Within: Art from Baker Lake, (Toronto: AGO, 1976), unpaginated.
Provenance
Collection of John & Joyce Price, Seattle, WA.Join our mailing list
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