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Muskox Figure3528/22

Stone carving of a standing muskox. Its curved horns appear to be made of horn, held on with an adhesive. Made of a polished dark greeny stone, with its head turned a bit to its left. Lightly inscised eyes, nostrils and mouth. Unsigned.

Culture
Inuit
Material
stone, muskox horn ? and adhesive
Made in
Pond Inlet, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Muskox Figure3528/21

Large stone carving of a standing muskox. Its horns appear to be made of large claws pointing out to the sides, held on with a black adhesive. The stone is polished to a dark grey/black on the body, whereas the legs are unpolished dark grey. Lines are inscised for the eyes, nostrils and mouth. Artist name inscribed on belly.

Culture
Inuit
Material
stone, claw and adhesive
Made in
Grise Fiord, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fish Figure3528/31 a-b

Carving of an ivory coloured fish that balances on top of a thin stand (part b). The white fish is slightly curved, with two fins on top, one below; incised circles for the eyes with a point at centre; lines for the gills and mouth. The fish has a hole in the belly that fits over the top of the stand. The darker stand has a somewhat circular base with a vertical post. Unsigned.

Culture
Inuit
Material
walrus tusk and caribou antler
Made in
Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Carving3528/30 a-b

Rectangular slice of antler with a carved seal hunting scene positioned on top. Near the centre, a hunter is standing bent over a seal hole, standing on a square piece of fur, with a harpoon resting on two stands in front of him. Across what would be a seal breathing hole is a short, curved snow wall, with the bricks outlined in black ink. Another carved male is positioned standing back behind the hunter; while at the opposite end (on the other side of the snow wall) is a carved seal (part b) lying on the 'ice'.

Culture
Inuit
Material
caribou antler, walrus tusk, fox skin ?, adhesive and ink
Made in
Port Burwell, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Walrus Figure3528/3 a-c

Large carved stone walrus with two removable bone(?) tusks (parts b-c). The walrus is carved in black stone, lying on its right side with details carved to show wrinkles in the skin, flippers, and markings on its face. The two tusks are carved of bone(?) and fit into holes in the animal's snout. Unsigned.

Culture
Inuit
Material
stone and bone ?
Made in
Clyde River, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Narwhal Figure3528/23 a-c

Carved bone narwhal that pegs onto a stone stand (part b). Whale has a separate spiralled (bone?) tusk (part c) extending from it's mouth, small inlaid black eyes and a slightly curved body and tail. The pectoral fins appear to have been attached with a white adhesive. A long peg sits in a hole in the stone stand, which is made of a greenish stone with copper-brown markings. The bone of the whale is brown through the tail with dark specks overall. The area where the blowhole would be shows a round hole filled with a round bone plug. There is a horizonal hole in the bottom and a small open hole behind the blowhole.

Culture
Inuit
Material
bone, stone, plastic ? and adhesive
Made in
Grise Fiord, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Plaque3528/12

Somewhat flat, but partially three-dimensional, sandstone plaque. Carved scene on front shows a dog standing half way inside the entrance of an igloo. Artist syllabics and date on base.

Culture
Inuit
Material
sandstone stone
Made in
Arctic Bay, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Carving3528/6

Two pronged antler carving attached to a stone base. In the lowest section of the antler a human-like face is carved. Just above where the antler splits in two branches, is a carved water spirit(?) type creature with caribou fur for hair and flippers as hands and feet; at the end of that prong another smaller creature with flippers is carved. The other branch sticks out to the side and has a twist carved into most of its length; at the end is a bird-human type creature, carved as if it is biting the branch with a large beak; its two legs and an arm are extended out. The stone base is irregular, but almost square. Unsigned.

Culture
Inuit
Material
caribou antler, stone, caribou skin and adhesive
Made in
Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model Kayak3528/39 a-c

Hunter in sealskin covered kayak with hunting equipment. The model kayak (part a) is a wood frame covered in tight sealskin; the opening for the paddler has a U-shaped piece of bone(?) around the front, with a wooden slat at the back (nailed in place). The hunter (part b) fits tightly inside the opening and is wearing a sealskin parka, and has a carved stone face; his arms are held in front, holding a long bone(?) paddle horizontally in both hands (skin loops). On top of the kayak, in front of the hunter and tucked under a skin strap, is a bone harpoon attached by sinew to a sealskin line, which sits in folds, with the other end attached to a piece of skin cut-out to look like a seal float, tucked under straps behind the hunter. Next to the harpoon is a long bone hook (part c) that also fits under the strap. The base of the hunter has the artist name and disc number written in green marker. An inside slat of the kayak also has the disc number in green.

Culture
Inuit
Material
seal skin, wood, bone ?, stone, sinew, copper metal and metal
Made in
Clyde River, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Narwhal Figure3528/17 a-c

Black stone narwhal on a greenish-black stone stand (part b). The whale has a wooden peg in its belly that sits in the hole in the oval stand, and a detachable spiraled tusk (part c) that goes into a hole near the mouth. There is a ridge along the back that curves down slightly to the fluted tail. It has slightly curved pectoral fins projecting at the front sides. There are carved holes for the eyes, and a V shaped blowhole mark, and an incised line for the mouth. Syllabics (i-si-tu i-lu-la) inscribed on base of stand.

Culture
Inuit
Material
stone, bone ? and wood
Made in
Igloolik, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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