GREENLAND. Large anthropo-zoomorphic reindeer antler TUPILAK fetish carved by a shaman and representing a figure with exposed ribs and illustrating the myth of the transformation of the whale into a bear. The left leg is in the shape of a whale's tail, the right leg has the hair and head of a bear and the right arm and hand are in the shape of a bear's head. Height: 25 cm. Literary reference: Les objets messagers de la pensée inuit. Giulia Bogliolo Bruna.