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Cribbage Game Board1449/2 a-b

A game board (part a) with a peg (part b) to help it stand level. The back of the board is carved with a picture of a black seal on an ice float chased by a polar bear. The front of the board is carved with two dark walruses and one black seal on an ice float.

Culture
Inuit
Material
walrus tusk ? and ink
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gavel1449/1 a-b

A rectangular piece (part a) with a hole made in the middle of one side. An animal figure (part b) lying down with its forelimbs pointing forward and a carved face with black eyes and nose.

Culture
Inuit
Material
walrus tusk ? or paint ?
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Carving1542/27 a-d

Small green stone with three white-yellow carved birds sitting on it. The birds sit on different angles, affixed to the stone by pegs on their bottoms that fit into three small holes in the stone.

Culture
Inuit
Material
walrus tusk, bone and stone
Made in
Repulse Bay, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Carving1542/21 a-b

A bone stand (part a) with two birds on it. One bird (part b) has become detached from the stand.

Culture
Inuit
Material
walrus tusk, bone and pigment ?
Made in
Spence Bay, Nunavut, Canada and Taloyoak, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model KayakNa683 a-h

Model kayak made with light brown skin stretched over a wooden frame. A series of wooden tools and equipment--paddles, fishing spear, harpoon, sled runners, etc--are painted green and red and tied to the kayak with skin straps.

Culture
Yup'ik
Material
skin, wood, walrus tusk ?, paint and metal
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure974/2

Carved tupilaq (tupilak). 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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Carving1190/1

A highly detailed, white, miniature dog sled team with driver, sled and seven dogs. Dogs wear skin harnesses and are tied to the sled with string. The sled and all figures are mounted on a long, narrow base of walrus tusk.

Culture
Inuit
Material
walrus tusk, skin, fibre and ink
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CarvingNa1605 a-e

Miniature dog sled with four sled dogs, all carved from white walrus tusk. Sled is packed with a grey-white piece of fur lashed down with black string, upon which the parka clad driver sits. The four sled dogs are harnessed with sinew, but the sinew line connecting them to the sled is broken.

Culture
Inuit
Material
walrus tusk, skin, sinew and fibre
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureNa1602

Miniature, standing bear-like animal carved from white-yellow tusk with two black insets for eyes. Figure is snarling and has a round hole bored lengthwise through the mouth behind the teeth.

Culture
Inuit
Material
walrus tusk and baleen ?
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureNa1601

Miniature, standing fox-like figure carved from white-yellow walrus tusk. Figure has two black dots for eyes and a black line for a mouth.

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