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FigureNa1597

Miniature owl-like animal carved from white-yellow tusk with round black insets for the eyes and nose. Figure is standing with wings spread straight to its sides, as if prepared for flight.

Culture
Inuit
Material
walrus tusk and baleen ?
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureNa1299

Stylized fish with wide, exaggerated, horizontal mouth across front and round, black, inset eyes above. There is a transverse hole drilled through the inner portion of the mouth. Ridges on each side of central bump on body which tapers to tail. Tail is aligned longitudinally and has five parallel channels extending in from concave edge. Bottom has two sets of bumps on either side indicating gills?

Culture
Inuit
Material
baleen ? and bone
Made in
Kangiqsualujjuaq, Quebec, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureNa1199 a-b

Stylized sloping antler figure (part a) held by a peg onto leaf shaped bone platform (b). Figure is long and slender with head at one end, single front limb holds up figure from peg in platform. Inset baleen eyes in curved orbits, flares out at wide nose with drilled nostrils, deep mouth above curved chin. Dense white antler on top of head, porous grey antler at face and at thinner portions of figure. There are two limbs stretched out behind extended belly. Feet rest on leaf stem. Leaf platform is long, thin and tapers on both ends. The surface is uneven. Four characters are inscribed on bottom of platform.

Culture
Inuit
Material
bone, baleen and antler
Made in
Baker Lake, Nunavut, Canada and Qamanittuaq, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tool BoxNa1119 a-b

Brown bentwood oval box with lid (part b). Box is one piece, with bent sides with bevelled edges forming a flush side, sewn together with two parallel rows of baleen(?) and leather. Rectangular walrus tusk clasp between sewn rows with hooked appendage and six holes (or sets of holes), two form 'eyes' with hook as 'nose', attached through holes with leather strips. Two parallel grooves at top and bottom of sides. On opposite side is second walrus tusk rectangle with five sets of holes with leather strips attaching it to box. One top corner has wooden pegged (three) strip of wood; a longer damaged pegged (six) strip on end. Two holes on non-clasp side for attaching lid to box. Both are broken, remnants of one are on box, the other. Lid has a horizontal row on top of 7 beads with the central bead being light blue and the others being dark blue.

Culture
Inuit
Material
leather skin, walrus tusk, glass, wood and baleen ?
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HandleNa1113

Bowhead whale shaped handle or toggle with a rectangular hole transversely through centre; oval incised flippers at bottom corner of hole, just before inlaid eyes and beginning of mouth incision which follows long tapering snout. Narrows before tail flukes at back.

Culture
Inuit
Material
adhesive, baleen ? and walrus tusk
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ContainerNa1074 a-b

Coiled basket (a) has circular base with straight sides that taper at mouth. The base has small ivory disc with holes through which the baleen is laced. There are numerous spots where the thin baleen has broken off, the largest sections are found in the centre of the base. Raised circular lid (b) with an inner lip is topped by an ivory disc with a square knob.

Culture
Inupiaq
Material
walrus tusk and baleen
Made in
Point Barrow, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureA2.234

Miniature walrus carved from white and brown walrus tusk. Figure has articulated tail flippers, pectoral flippers, and two long tusks protruding vertically from the snout. Figure has black inset eyes and shallowly carved details coloured with black pigment on the snout and four flippers.

Culture
Inuit
Material
walrus tusk, baleen ? and pigment
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeaddressA9355

Mask made from cut out planks of wood formed in a triangular-like shape with flat sides, a thin adjoining nose piece and a rectangular shaped piece of wood at the back. Detailed in blue and orange Northwest Coast stylized forms is a wolf with rectangular shaped nostrils, bared teeth and large eyes. The mouth and eyes are inlaid with pieces of mirrored glass as well as other small sections. Protruding from the top edge of the headdress are numerous thin sections of baleen creating a fringe. The inside has two thin wooden strips attached to two larger bars to create a frame for the head. Covering the frame is a piece of cotton fabric. Fibre ties hang from the bottom edge. (Similar to A9354).

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Ahousaht
Material
baleen, glass, silver alloy metal ?, fibre, wood, paint and cotton fibre
Made in
Ahousat, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeaddressA9354

Mask made from cut out planks of wood formed in a triangular-like shape with flat sides, a thin adjoining nose piece and a rectangular shaped piece of wood at the back. Detailed in blue and red Northwest Coast stylized forms is a wolf with ovoid shaped nostrils, bared teeth and large eyes. The mouth and eyes are inlaid with pieces of mirrored glass as well as other small sections. The nose is detailed with a blue crown-like shape. Protruding from the top edge of the headdress are numerous thin sections of baleen creating a fringe. The inside has two thin wooden strips attached to two larger bars to create a frame for the head. Covering the frame is a piece of cotton fabric. Fibre ties hang from the bottom edge. (Similar to A9355).

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Ahousaht
Material
wood, baleen, silver alloy metal ?, glass, fibre, cotton fibre and paint
Made in
Ahousat, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HatA2205

Woven cedar bark hat with cloth covering and baleen on exterior. Four kinds of cloth covering: white rayon-like fabric with raised floral imagery, pink-purple floral cotton, a rough ecru-coloured cloth, and white and grey checkered cotton on the top.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
baleen, cotton fibre, cedar bark and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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