Drum Dancer and Audience
Luke Iksiktaaryuk
(Canadian (Inuit), 1909 – 1977)
1960–1970
Object PlaceBaker Lake, Nunavut, Canada
Medium/TechniqueCaribou antler, sinew, gut, wood
DimensionsOverall: 21.6 × 40.6 × 26.7 cm (8 1/2 × 16 × 10 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of Joyce W. and P. Frederick Sparling
Accession number2019.626
On View
Not on viewClassificationsSculpture
Collections
ProvenancePurchased from the artist in Baker Lake in the 1960s by Alma Houston; gift to one of her brothers; July 29, 2010, sold by John Houston, Halifax, to Fred and Joyce Sparling, North Carolina; 2019, gift of the Sparlings to the MFA. (Accession date: June 19, 2019)
about 1900
late 19th century
