Dancer With Mask
Eskimo stone sculpture of male dancer holding mask. Dancer has a fur edged parka. Signed Tomassie To ( Broken off) E9-1.449
Dick Shore identified material as Talc/common Steatite or soapstone
- Object: Dancer With Mask
- Artist: Tomassie To[okolook]
- Circa: -
- Dimensions: 4" wide 6" high
- Culture Area: arctic
- Cultural Group: Inuit (Canadian)
- Cultural Context: Tamusi Qumalu Tukula (b. 1945) - Artist Biography Also known as Thomassie Tookalook, the artist like many from Povungnituk, carved naturalistic subjects with great skill. Tukala was particularly adept at carving birds, animals and other scenes of community life.
- Donor: Elizabeth Franson
- Catalog #: 90.206