Tupilak

Crawling tupilak, half human half animal.
Carved by Lars Poulsen from Nuuk Greenland.

Tupilak hold his hand on his belly. Notice the pronounced head.
Carved by Lars Poulsen from Nuuk Greenland.

Half animal half human, notice the beautiful shaped whale tail.
A typical Lars Poulsen tupilak: pronounced head and hands.
Carved from musk ox horn by Lars Poulsen from Nuuk Greenland.

An tupilak showing two faces of which the lower looks angry.
Nicely carved from caribou antler by Wilhelm Kunuk from Tasiilaq, Greenland.

Again this tupilak is half human half animal. Looks the back end like a dog's tail?
Carved by Wilhelm Kunuk from Tasiilaq, Greenland.

Jens Abrahamsen is an unique sculptor. His tupilaks are the traditional West Greenland tupilak.
(Big feets and hands, head inspired from a Horse head.).
Carved in antler.

Jens Abrahamsen is an unique sculptor. His tupilaks are the traditional West Greenland tupilak.
(Big feets and hands, head inspired from a Horse head.).
Carved in antler.

This crawling tupilak also known as Amuu is half human half animal.
Typical for this carving is the polarbear looking head.
Carved from antler by Harald Bajare from Nuuk Greenland.

This crawling tupilak also known as Amuu is half human half animal.
Nicely carved whale tail and a woman's head.
Carved from antler by Harald Bajare from Nuuk Greenland.

This tupilak shows us three faces. They have animal as wel as human like features.
Carved from antler by Harald Bajare from Nuuk Greenland.

The two faces in the front are hidden by lines. Could these lines be tattoos?
A fascinating tupilak by Ole Christian Sandgren from Ilulissat Greenland.

This intriguing tupila crving shows a human face and wings.
Carved by an unknown artist from Ililissat Greenland.