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Stretching Tool898/3

Long light-brown coloured wooden dowel that fits tightly into corresponding holes in white-coloured bone pieces at each end. At one end, the bone piece is large, round in shape, and flares up slightly at its edges. The other bone piece is smaller, with two narrow pieces that flare inward towards the dowel.

Culture
Inuit
Material
wood and whale tooth
Made in
Kap Dan, Greenland
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Carving974/2

Carved tupilak (tupilaq). Standing figure with very long arms, reaching to the ground, flared nostrils, eight upper teeth, large tongue resting on an animal head below. Animal below has large nostrils, blackened eyes and pointed ears.

Culture
Inuit
Material
walrus tusk
Made in
Kap Dan, Greenland
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Carving974/1

Carved tupilak (tupilaq). Standing human-like creature with a pointed head, 2 black eyes, mouth slightly open, upper and lower teeth, leaning on a face similar to its own topped by an animal head.

Culture
Inuit
Material
whale tooth
Made in
Kap Dan, Greenland
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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