Although perhaps best known for his fantastical images of muskoxen and airplanes produced later in his career, Pudlo’s earlier works were quite varied. In 1973, Pudlo produced a pair of companion images (Shaman’s Tent and Caribou Tent) which showed the Southern audience that Inuit did not live in snow houses year-round. These summer tents were originally constructed of animal hides atop a framework of driftwood or whale bones. While the designs depicted by Pudlo are similar for the two dwellings, one is immediately struck by how the caribou of the shaman’s tent feels very much alive, alluding perhaps to the power of its occupant