Museum of Contemporary Circumpolar Art (MCCA)

Object

Duck Spirit / Bird with human face and face integrated in its body (Sculpture)

"The shaman's duality, both human and animal, , both human and spiritual, both male and female, is sometimes represented by a bird on whose body is engraved a human face or even a two faced character."(pg. 77, art inuit, Claude Baud, Irene Brice, Michel Jacot) 1700.- originally purchased at the Inuit Galerie, Mannheim in October 2000 for DM 3'375.-

Accession

2016.13

Object Type

Sculpture

Title

Duck Spirit

Description

Bird with human face and face integrated in its body

Production Year

ca. 2000

Production Location

ᑭᙵᐃᑦ, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ, ᑲᓇᑕ