Description
#20208
Inuit Art: Shaman
Artist: Simon Uttaq
Size: 6” high, 4 1/2” long, 2 3/4” wide
Community: Taloyoak Year: 2001 Stone: Serpentine
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Shamans (anatquq or angakkuq in the Inuit languages of northern parts of Alaska and Canada) played an important role in the religion of Inuit acting as religious leaders, tradesmen, healers, and characters in cultural stories holding mysterious, powerful, and sometimes superhuman abilities.
Shamans (left) mediated between Inuit and Sedna — also known as Nuliajuk, Taliilajuq, Uinigumasuittuq and Takannakapsaaluk (right, shown in her origin story, falling into the sea) — and other spirits that influenced Inuit life.
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