Kiakshuk’s most famous print, Strange Scene is a powerfully compelling image. The oldest hunter to have become an artist in Cape Dorset, Kiakshuk was known to be a powerful shaman; he mostly steered clear of the subject in his art, but this print is a powerful reminder of this aspect of his life story. His younger cousin Pitseolak Ashoona described her memories of his drawings: “Because Kiakshuk was a very old man, he did real Eskimo drawings. He did it because he grew up that way, and I really liked the way he put the old Eskimo life on paper. I used to see Kiakshuk putting the shamans and spirits into his work on paper.” [1] Although James Houston interpreted the image as representing the Tunik giant Inukpuk, his wife, and a horror-struck hunter, Jean Blodgett and others disagree (see references). We think it likely that the menacing figure on the left (apparently holding the skin of a bear and attended by two creatures devouring a seal) is a shaman, while the other two figures are wife and husband. Indeed, they both appear horror-struck.