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Cribbage Game BoardA2.221

Main body is that of a walrus with another creature that has the walrus's tail in its mouth. Two birds, decorated with black and red, sit on top of the walrus's tail. Four sea animals carved in relief, two of which are decorated with black. On either sides of these four sea animals is a row of six sets of ten holes for the game.

Culture
Inuit
Material
walrus tusk and ink ?
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureNa1596

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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FigureNa1599

Miniature bird with wings stretched behind it carved from white-yellow tusk with two black insets for eyes. Figure is mounted on a thick base with a rounded front of the same material.

Culture
Inuit
Material
walrus tusk and baleen ?
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureNa1604

Miniature, hopping rabbit-like figure carved from white-yellow tusk with two round black insets for eyes.

Culture
Inuit
Material
walrus tusk and baleen ?
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureNa1603

Miniature, standing dog-like animal carved from white-yellow tusk with two black insets for eyes.

Culture
Inuit
Material
walrus tusk and baleen ?
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TrapA2.463

Large flat wood piece cut into a rectangle with one end shaped with a triangular point. Above, in the middle, there is an oval wood piece with the top centre cut out and the middle hollowed out so that a wood axle with wood pegs attached by sinew at each side can be attached to create a long wood lever with a point at the end, enabling it to stand upright at an angle.

Culture
Siberian Yupik
Material
walrus tusk, wood, sinew and rawhide skin
Made in
St. Lawrence Island, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CarvingA2.261 a-j

Woman (part b) kneeling in front of stone lamp with various implements of stone and walrus tusk. Light grey colour. Her right hand holds an ulu (part i). To her right, there is a large stone chest ? (part d). In front of her, from left to right, there are the following: a rectangular stone piece which tapers down at one end and is covered with a flat layer of walrus tusk (part c), a circular stone dish (part e), and a triangular lamp (part f). Behind these three pieces (parts c, e, and f), there is a three-piece stand (part g) made of walrus tusk, from which hangs two stone moccassin boots on either sides of the rectangular stone cooking container in the middle attached with sinew. There is a small circular stone cup (part h) to one side, held in place with a wooden peg. Everything is on a main base (part a).

Culture
Inuit
Material
walrus tusk, soapstone stone and sinew
Made in
Puvirnituq, Quebec, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureA2.235

A yellow-white figure of an Eskimo in a kayak. Black dots to indicate facial features. Eskimo has his right arm held high with a spear, and his left arm held down with a paddle. Highly polished.

Culture
Inuit
Material
walrus tusk
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureA2.237

Miniature standing human figure carved from white tusk wearing a cap. Shallowly carved, linear facial features are coloured with dark grey pigment.

Culture
Inuit
Material
walrus tusk and pigment ?
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureA2.228

Miniature, carved, brown canine (wolf or dog?) with a stripe of mottled white dentine down the centre. The animal is standing upright on its hind legs, with a long tail curled behind. Entire figure is mounted on a base made from a cross-section of brown and white walrus tusk.

Culture
Inuit
Material
walrus tusk and adhesive
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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