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Fig. 51. Mitsuarnianya, prominent angakok (pagan priest) living near Täseesaq on 
Ammassalik Fjord. His hair was closely cropped after his Christian baptism in 
April 1901. (From a drawing by Mrs. E. Locher Thalbitzer. Ammassalik 1906.) 
Fig. 52. An angakok performing. He is represented sitting on the floor in front 
of the sealskin curtain facing the entrance. His arms are tied behind him and 
his drum sways in a vertical position on the left. (Drawing by Kaaralik, 
Ammassalik 1906.) 
