Museum of Contemporary Circumpolar Art (MCCA)
ObjectIce Worm/Sikusi Legend (Sculpture)
An Inuit myth refers to Sikusi, "a woolly and mischievous ice-worm" and a notorious melter of igloos, which freed an Inuit from Tuktoyaktuk who was frozen in the ice of a collapsed igloo."
Accession
2019.16
Object Type
Sculpture
Description
Ice Worm/Sikusi Legend
Production Year
2018
Production Location
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Materials
Marble, North Carolina steatite, metal
Dimensions
H13 x W13 x L32 cm; Head: H5 x W5 x L15; Ice1: H13 x W13 x L8; Middle: H5 x W6 x L32 (mit metal); Tail:H5 Xw4 x L20 (with meta)
Provenance
Tom Chapman
Artist
Photographs
