Description
#64943
Inuit Art: Spirit Bird
Artist: Albert Gayutinnuaq
Size: 3.5” long, 4.5″ high, 1.5” wide
Community: Taloyoak Year: 1995 Stone: Serpentine
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The Inuktitut word for bird is ‘tingmiaq’ – the same word also means airplane.
Inuit storytellers recount many ancient legends featuring these resident birds, but the trickster raven — whose complex personality often gets him into trouble — is adored by young and old.
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