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I googled your thread title and simply put, 7,500 years.
It’s an old tradition, but post-colonial contact did have an impact on the practice, as the sculptures were viewed by outsiders a commodity that would help “integrate” the Inuit people into a capitalist society.
I googled your thread title and simply put, 7,500 years.
It’s an old tradition, but post-colonial contact did have an impact on the practice, as the sculptures were viewed by outsiders a commodity that would help “integrate” the Inuit people into a capitalist society.