About the Artwork
Shaman Transforming into an Owl
1999
Padlaya Qiatsuk
born 1965
Inuit
Unknown
Serpentine, antler, feathers
Overall: 10 1/8 × 5 × 8 inches (25.7 × 12.7 × 20.3 cm)
Sculpture
Indigenous Americas
Gift of Peter Ciaramitaro
2019.92
Canada House Gallery
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Peter Ciaramitaro (Troy, Michigan, USA)
2019-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Padlaya Qiatsuk, Shaman Transforming into an Owl, 1999, serpentine, antler, feathers. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Peter Ciaramitaro, 2019.92.
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