Posted on January 16, 2009 by louvain95

http://www.civilisations.ca/cmc/exhibitions/aborig/fp/images/fpz2f10b.jpg

This is one of the oldest human faces’ representations ever found in Canada: an ivory mask from Nunavut (North Quebec Inuit Territory): 3500 year old (Ottawa Museum of Civilisations).


Alaska artist Aakatchaq (see previous post) seems to draw from the same inspiration. Title: ‘The Embrace’.


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