Shaman 821003803

Artist: Billy Markosak (Merkosak)
Region: Pond Inlet
Material: Fossilized Whalebone
Dimensions:

Height: 8″
Width: 19″
Depth: 18.5″

Shamans played an important role in the Inuit religion. Acting as religious leaders, tradesmen, healers, and characters in cultural stories holding mysterious, powerful, and sometimes superhuman abilities.

* Pieces containing walrus or narwhal ivory, whale bone, seal skin, sinew or baleen cannot be delivered to the United States, Mexico, New-Zealand, Australia, or the United Kingdom.

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