Joe Adlaka Aculiak
Canadian, born 1936Goose
Not on view
Soapstone
Dimensions2 3/8 × 4 1/2 × 1 11/16 in. (6 × 11.4 × 4.3 cm)
Gift of Mrs. Keith Davis, 1982.195
Birds in art are often used in a symbolic way to convey a specific meaning. In Inuit culture, the goose, whose arrival is a definite sign that spring has arrived, became associated with the feeling of hope and the knowledge that the hardship of winter is over.
