Shaman's figure (Image withheld)
name: label: Culture/People
content: Tunumiit [East Greenland] [Ammassalik]
label: Collector
content: Knud Rasmussen (Knud Johan Victor Rasmussen), Non-Indian/Kalaallit [Greenland], 1879-1933
label: Previous owner
content: Nationalmuseet (National Museum of Denmark)
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collected by Danish explorer Knud Rasmussen (1879-1933) at an unknown date, possibly during fieldwork sponsored by the Nationalmuseet (National Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark); subsequently in the collection of the Nationalmuseet; acquired by MAI through an exchange with the Nationalmuseet in 1935.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Tasiilaq (Ammassalik, Angmagssalik); Ammassalik Municipality (Angmagssalik, Ammassallip); Tunu (East Greenland); Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat)
label: Geographical Areas
content: Eastern Arctic
setName: label: See related items
content: Tunumiit [East Greenland] [Ammassalik]
label: See related items
content: Ceremonial/Ritual items: Shamanic objects
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 18/7917
label: Barcode
content: 187917.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Ceremonial/Ritual items: Shamanic objects
label: Indigenous Term
content: tupilak
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Shaman's figure (Image withheld)
label: Media/Materials
content: Wood
label: Techniques
content: Carved, painted