Description
#20226
Inuit Art: Shaman Transforming to Seal
Artist: Charlie Okpik
Size: 7 3/4” high, 5 3/4” long , 3 1/2” wide
Community: Gjoa Haven Year: 1990 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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