7" Shaman Face by Charlie Ookpik Gjoa Haven *All the Better to Hear You With* Above $1000 When I first laid eyes

When I first laid eyes on Malliki’s caribou/hawk transformation

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The movements he creates are subtle and very life like

it would be a perfect piece for a new collector looking for novelty

7" Shaman Face by Charlie Ookpik Gjoa Haven *All the Better to Hear You With* Above $1000 When I first laid eyesInuit art: Shaman Face Inuit Artist: Charlie Ookpik Size: 6. 5" high, 4" wide, w" deep Community: Gjoa Haven Stone: Serpentinite id: c 052 I can't recall having seen an Inuit sculpture with such outstanding ears. Why would Ookpik focus the viewer on the ear? Symbolically, the ears are considered the seat of memory, receptivity, inquisitiveness and awakening. Our Shaman uses his ears as a "channel of interpretation". With his ears he is able to hear