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Description Watercolour painting of Aron of Kangeq. The original caption suggests a tragic story of a tupilak and an unsuccessful spell. Apparently the scene depicted seems to be a woman attacked by a walrus while she was taking a bath in a stream.[1]
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Source Jens Peder Hart Hansen, Jørgen Meldgaard, Jørgen Nordqvist (Hrsg.): The Greenland Mummies. British Museum Publications, London 1991, ISBN 0-7141-2500-8.
Author Aron of Kangeq (1822-1869)

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current23:50, 17 March 2008Thumbnail for version as of 23:50, 17 March 2008600 × 419 (202 KB)Svíčková{{Information |Description=Tupilak, woman and man |Source= |Date=17-03-2008 |Author=Aron of Kangeq (1822-1869) |Permission= |other_versions= }}
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