Tupilaks

Nalikkaatseeq style tupilak, carved by Ole Christian Sandgen from Ilulissat, Greenland

Scary Tupilak on soapstone base by Knud Petersen from Upernavik, Greenland

A female tupilak called Naalikkaatseeq.
She lives halfway between the earth and the moon.
Naalikkaatseeq is also known as 'the eater of entrails'
The hairpin comes loose.
Nicely carved by HansUlriksen from Tasiilaq.

This Tupilak has just swallowd a spirit.
Carved by Lars Poulsen from Nuuk Greenland.

This in caribou antler carved tupilak is just 10 cm high.
Funny shaped with this two masked style faces.
Carved by an unknown Greenlandic Inuit Artist.

Sad looking tupilak carved in soapstone by unknown Greenlandic artist.
Hands and feet look lijke seal flippers.

Tupilak with a sad face and beautiful teeth.
Did he have a seal for breakfast?
Carved by an unknown Greenlandic Inuit Artist.

Large Canadian tupilak, sculpted in serpentine by Qikiqtarjuaq artist Seetee Natsiapik.