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Inuit Art: Shaman 

Artist:Charlie Okpik

Size: 6 1/4” long, 7″ high, 4” wide     

Community: Gjoa Haven       Year: 1995     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