Description
#77049
Inuit Carving: Bird
Artist: Albert Gayutinnuaq
Size: 7” long, 6 3/4″ high, 4” wide
Community: Taloyoak Year: 1991 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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