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Artworks
EVA TALOOKI ALIKTILUK (1927-1995) ARVIAT (ESKIMO POINT)
Shaman Transforming, c. early 1980santler, stone, glass beads, felt, and cotton thread, 5 x 7.75 x 4.5 in (12.7 x 19.7 x 11.4 cm)
unsigned.LOT 157
ESTIMATE: $1,200 — $1,800Further images
Talooki’s carvings are mostly small, simple stone figures or mothers carrying children, with beads added to depict fancy clothing or other adornments. Her relatively few large sculptures can be monumental...Talooki’s carvings are mostly small, simple stone figures or mothers carrying children, with beads added to depict fancy clothing or other adornments. Her relatively few large sculptures can be monumental (see First Arts, 5 December 2022, Lot 42); occasionally, her antler works are impressive as well (see Ingo Hessel, Arctic Spirit, cat. 151). Shaman Transforming is both rare and fascinating for two reasons: it combines antler and stone and explores supernatural shamanic subject matter. Here the beads might represent a shaman’s amulet belt (see Lot 17 in this auction). The long tail may suggest a journey as well as animal transformation.
References: For other antler works by the artist see Ingo Hessel, Arctic Spirit: Inuit Art from the Albrecht Collection at the Heard Museum, (Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre / Phoenix: Heard Museum, 2006), cat. 151, p. 180; and Robert Kardosh, Vision and Form: The Norman Zepp - Judith Varga Collection of Inuit Art, (Vancouver: Marion Scott Gallery, 2003), cat. 87, p. 112.
Provenance
Waddington's, Toronto, Nov 2015, Lot 35;
Acquired from the above Norman Zepp & Judith Varga, Saskatoon, SK.
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