INUIT OWL ART

above two images by Kenojuak Ashevak

above two images by Pitaloosie Saila

After listening to an owl hooting outside as I fell asleep last night I thought I would post these wonderful images of owls created by two female Inuit artists.

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"The Inuit believed that the Short-eared Owl was once a young girl who was magically transformed into an Owl with a long beak. But the Owl became frightened and flew into the side of a house, flattening its face and beak.They also named the Boreal Owl "the blind one", because of its tameness during daylight. Inuit children make pets of Boreal Owls"
from owlpages.com