and finds from the three most recent cultural periods are depicted in the book: face masks, hand-held masks, leather masks, house masks, hood masks, figures, tupilaks and objects from the Norsemen. Leif Birger Holmstedt describes the function performed by the various finds in the lives of Greenlanders. Leif Birger Holmstedt is also the author of “African Masks, 2008, Magiske masker og figurer fra Grønland. He has also written a large number of ethnographic articles for e.g. Newspapers Tribal art magazine, USA, Art & Context, Berlin, Imodara, London and "OAS," Oceanic Art Society, Australia Greenland's prehistory, which can be traced back more than 4,500 years, centers around five different cultural periods: the independence culture I-II, the Saqqaq culture, the Dorset culture, the Norsemen and the Thule culture. All five cultures are described and finds from the three most recent cultural periods are depicted in the book: face masks, hand-held masks, leather masks, house masks, hooded masks, figurines, tupilaks and objects from the Norsemen. Leif Birger Holmstedt describes the function that the various finds in the lives of Greenlanders perform. Leif Birger Holmstedt is also the author of the paper books "African Masks, 2004 and Magic Masks and Figures from Greenland 2008. He has also written a large number of ethnographic articles for e.g. Tribal art magazine, USA, Art & Context, Berlin, Imodara, London and "OAS," Oceanic Art Society, Australia.