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Spirit Mask of the Angakok
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Shaman exhibit page. Singing to the Spirits. View larger image. The ‘Angakok’ (Inuit shaman) are the central figure in Eskimo spiritualism. Shaman mediate between the world of man and the realm of spirits and the ‘spirit mask’ is a key part of that task. View larger image. Masks are made of hide, bone, pigments and ivory with distorted human features for the spirit realm. View larger image. View larger image. View larger image. Plate number. View larger image. Package delivery card, Holsteinsborg, Greenland to Faalborg, Denmark. View larger image. While wearing the ‘spirit mask’, the shaman performs a sacred ceremony. Beating drums and chanting induces a trance-like state and allows the shaman to interact in the supernatural realm, invoking spirits on behalf of his people. View larger image.

Featured in Mask Lore Journal, 12/06