Tungaaq and Alunguat
Creator
Sorosiluto Ashoona
(Canadian, 1941 - 2011)
Date1980
Mediumcolour lithograph
Edition18/50
DimensionsOverall: 39.3 × 50.6 cm (15 1/2 × 19 15/16 in.)
Mat: 55.9 × 71.1 cm (22 × 28 in.)
Mat: 55.9 × 71.1 cm (22 × 28 in.)
Credit LineGift of Samuel and Esther Sarick, Toronto, 2002
Object number2002/9625
Category
ProvenanceFrom Goota Ashoona's (the daughter of Surusilutu) visit on September 18, 2025:
- Tungaaq means ‘ghost’
- Alunguat means ‘narwal’
- This is work from her imagination
Copyright
© Estate of Sorosiluto Ashoona. Reproduced with the permission of Dorset Fine Arts. Photo: AGO.
LocationNot currently on display
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