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#AA77
Inuit Art: Shaman
Artist: Alex Alikashuk
Size: 9.25” high, 6” long
Community: Whale Cove year: 2000 Stone: Serpentine
Shaman _ ᐊᖓᒃᑯᖅ
_Shamans (anatquq or angakkuq in the Inuit languages of northern parts of Alaska and Canada) played an important role in the religion of Inuit peoples acting as religious leaders, tradesmen, healers, and characters in cultural stories holding mysterious, powerful, and sometimes superhuman abilitie
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