Arctic Bay/Ottawa area, Bound Shaman, ca. mid-1990s, grey-brown stone and cord, 6 x 6 x 4.5 in, 14.9 x 15.2 x 11.3 cm. ... Sometimes, before he or she travelled on a spirit journey, the shaman would be ritually bound, tightly wrapped in skins or with a cord, and placed behind a curtain. Participants in the ritual would hear a great commotion as the shaman left his clothing and bonds, and then again upon the shaman’s return. --- CATEGORIES: Inuit, Eskimo