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- A tupilaq (tupilak or ᑐᐱᓚᒃ in Inuktitut syllabics, plural tupilait) is a monster or carving of a monster. In Inuit religion, especially in Greenland, a...
- and making masks. They are also known for an art form of figures called tupilait or "evil spirit objects". Sperm whale ivory (teeth) remains a valued medium...
- for creating and showing this object to an outsider, others began making tupilait, which evolved into a po****r art form. Residents also carved Amm****alik...
- Nuuk Mitsivarniannga (fl. 1905), Amm****alik, shaman (angakoq), wooden tupilait Gukki Willsen Møller (born 1965), visual art, ceramics Lars Møller (19th...