Double-Headed Serpent, Sisuitl, 2004
63.5 cms x 218.44 cms x 20.32 cms (25 ins x 86 ins x 25 ins)
Signed / Signée
Lot offered for sale by BYDealers, Montréal at the auction event "Oeno Gallery - Fall 2020 Auction: Session No.2" held on Tue, Dec 8, 2020.
Lot 19
Lot 19
Estimate: CAD $7,000 - $7,500
Did not sell
Did not sell
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
This wall-mounted wooden mask of "Sisuitl" by George Price is painted in bright blue, green, burnt umber and white with shell at the eyes. Price is a Coast Salish wood carver from Sea bird Island, BC. He relocated to the Thunder Bay area in Ontario where he works as a teacher and continues to carve. He was assisted in the creation of this piece by Audrey Deroy-Gagnon. This wood mask is signed, dated and titled on verso. A story about Sisuitl is written in hand on card and fixed to the back of the piece: “Double headed serpent whose body was a face, played an important part in the ritual of Winalagilis, the war spirit. This mythological creature was the warrior's assistant. It could be ridden and rowed like a canoe; its flesh was impervious to any spear; it could inflict instant death by its glance; and it could cause any enemy who looked upon it to be turned to stone, with all his joints turned backwards."
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