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Untitled (Caribou)

Simon Tookoome

BIRTH YEAR 1934
BIRTH PLACE Chantrey Inlet, Northwest Territories
DEATH YEAR 2010
DEATH PLACE Baker Lake, Nunavut
MEDIUM Pencil on paper
DATE 1984
DIMENSIONS 38.1cm x 27.9cm
ACCESSION NUMBER 2019.12.01
CREDIT LINE Collection of the Ottawa Art Gallery: gift of the Sauvé Family, 2019
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
A pencil drawing of a caribou (animal) with 8 human faces drawn in profile arranged on and around the caribou. There are two faces in the caribou's head, four along the top of the back and two under the belly, along the legs. The caribou is coloured in brown with grey antlers. The head has purple and pink used in the faces. The remaining faces are black and white.

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