Janus-faced Amulet Head Item Number: 2004.79.19 from the Brooklyn Museum
Description
Amulet with Janus Heads having common hood and similar faces with straight hair across forehead, modeled noses and eyes, and slits for mouths. Condition good. Bottom has engraved Eskimo letters and '1546.' Eskimo art tag says: 'Port Harrison, Quebec; 'artist: Samwillie E9-1546' and '1620'. Artist is male.
Credit Line
Hilda and Al Schein Collection
Item History
- Made by Samwillie Amidlak between 1950 and 1980
What
- Name
- Janus-faced Amulet Head
- Identification Number
- 2004.79.19
- Type of Item
- amulet and head
- Material
- black stone
- Overall
- length 2.75 in, width 1.875 in, height 0.75 in
Who
- Culture
- Inuit
- Creator
- Samwillie Amidlak
Where
- Holding Institution
- Brooklyn Museum
When
- Creation Date
- between 1950 and 1980
Other
- Location
- Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
- Classification
- Sculpture