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Artworks
GERMAINE ARNAKTAUYOK (1946-) Iglulik (Igloolik)
Shaman Combing Sedna's Hair II, 2003Printmaker: STUDIO PM, Montreal
etching and aquatint, sheet: 18.25 x 31.25 in (46.4 x 79.4 cm) / plate: 8.75 x 21 in (22.2 x 53.3 cm)
43/75LOT 132
ESTIMATE: $700 — $1,000
PRICE REALIZED: $840.00Further images
'In some stories, a shaman went down and combed Sedna's hair. Since she has no fingers, she can't do it herself. Every now and then, a shaman went down and..."In some stories, a shaman went down and combed Sedna's hair. Since she has no fingers, she can't do it herself. Every now and then, a shaman went down and combed and braided her hair. One side is already done in this image. The shaman is just starting on the other side."
Germaine Arnaktauyok and Gyu Oh, My Name Is Arnaktauyok: The Life and Art of Germaine Arnaktauyok, (Inhabit Media Inc.: Iqaluit, 2015), p. 128.
Provenance
Private Collection, Toronto.
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