Description
#68786
Inuit Art: Bear Shaman
Artist: Paul Toolooktook
Size: 7 1/2” high, 6 1/4” long , 3 1/4”W
Community: Taloyoak Year: 1980 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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