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Monday, September 1, 2008










Tutuiya Qatsiya, born 1966, is the carver of this impressive sculpture.








The dimensions are 13 inches by 8 inches by 12 inches and executed in a beautiful greenish stone. The carvings I have seen from Tutuiya all carry a strong, powerful statement. In this carving, called faces, you will notice numerous faces in the lower part of the carving, on the side you will also notice the emergence of a hawk, but out of it all rises a new identity: man as being created out of, and through his community. I don't know if that's what Tutuiya's intent is, but that's how the sculpture speaks to me. A marvelously strong carving. Tutuiya Qatsiya is from Cape Dorset.