Tupilak
date: label: Accession Date
content: 20 Jul 1995
label: Collection Date
content: 1986
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. G. E. Folk Jr.
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. G. E. Folk Jr.
notes: label: Notes
content: STARVATION ANTHROPOMORPHIC FIGURE SCULPTURED IN THE ROUND. EYES ARE PAINTED. THE TUPILAK IS AN ANIMAL OF BAD OMEN, CREATED BY MAGIC FROM VARIOUS COMPONENTS & BROUGHT TO LIFE BY A MAGICAL FORMULA. THE IDEA WAS TO LET IT IMITATE A GAME ANIMAL SO THAT THE PERSON ONE WANTED TO HARM WOULD HARPOON IT AND DIE. SEE HANDBOOK OF NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS, VOL. 5: PP. 546, 619, 720.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 12 Dec 2018
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Cape Dan, Greenland
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo, Inuit, Greenland Inuit
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 400225
label: USNM Number
content: E427986-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Figure
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 10 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 3.5 cm
label: Height - Flat Sideway
content: 2 cm