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Figure3528/34

Carved tupilaq (tupilak). Standing figure with bird head and wing on left side; the other side is more animal like with paws, sharp teeth and a larger, double-circle eye. Has two nostrils and two feet. Partly hollow inner cone visible from underneath. Unsigned.

Culture
Inuit
Material
whale tooth
Made in
Sisimiut, Greenland
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure3507/2

Carved tupilaq (tupilak). Standing human-like figure with a pointed head, oval-shaped eyes and black inlay pupils. Numerous deeply incised lines across face. Nose is flat with deep flaring nostrils. Figure has wide open mouth, full of square teeth. Circular gaps between teeth and edges of mouth. Chin juts out. Long arms are leaning onto a square-shaped face with similar features. Figure’s legs and the head form base of sculpture. Vertical lines incised along hand edges, imitating fingers. Label adhered to back of figure.

Culture
Inuit
Material
whale tooth
Made in
Greenland
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure3507/3

Carved tupilaq (tupilak). Cone-like sculpture with a human-like face overtop of a walrus-like head. Legs of human and tusks of walrus form base. Human has circular eyes, with black inlay, and deep circular nostrils. Has a wide open mouth, full of square teeth. Sets of three incised lines across cheeks, nose, and overtop eyes, imitating eyebrows. Curved depression divides the two faces. Walrus has circular eyes, with black inlay, and small nostrils drilled into surface. Incised horizontal lines between eyes, two sets of diagonal lines extending from corners of eyes. Semi-circular line between nostrils and eyes, outlining snout. Small depression between nostrils. Entire back surface of sculpture is flat. Interior is hollow.

Culture
Inuit
Material
whale tooth
Made in
Greenland
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure3507/1

Carved tupilaq (tupilak). Hunched human-like figure has pointed head with partially closed, circular eyes and black inlay pupils. Curved incised lines over eyes, imitating eyebrows. Nose done in relief with deep flaring nostrils. Figure has wide open mouth, full of square teeth. Chin juts out. Long arms and bent legs form base. Vertical lines incised along hand edges, imitating fingers. Head and chest are hollow. Label adhered to lower back.

Culture
Inuit
Material
whale tooth
Made in
Greenland
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sword Or Club (Fragment)16/912

ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE GULF OF GEORGIA AND PUGET SOUND. SMITH, HARLAN I. MEMOIRS, 4, 1907

Material
whale bone
Made in
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
American Museum of Natural History
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Sword (Fragment)16/911

CAIRNS OF BRITISH COLUMBIA AND WASHINGTON. SMITH, HARLAN I. AND GERARD FOWKE MEMOIRS, 4, 1901

Material
whale bone
Made in
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
American Museum of Natural History
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Sword (Fragment)16/910
Figure3260/263 a-b

A killer whale tooth carving in form of a dogfish (part a) with an round stand (part b). Dogfish carved vertically with head down and upward curled tail. Small oval hole on tail. Dogfish decorated with round abalone inlays. Metal peg on base centre top fits a hole on lower edge of the carving. Artist's inscription underside part a.

Culture
Haida
Material
whale tooth, abalone shell, mastodon ivory and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ear Ornament3254/7

Ear ornament (hakakai or ha'akai) made of tooth. The ornament consists of a large disk worn in front of the ear and a curved spur. The spur has a single hole through it with a small piece of wood inserted, and a toggle end.

Culture
Marquesan
Material
wood and whale tooth
Made in
“Marquesas Islands” ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ei3254/6

Whale tooth on a twisted cord of coconut fibre and mulberry fibre(?). The interior of the cord is a reddish-brown fibre, which is wrapped in greyish-white fibre. The cord runs through a hole bored in the tooth, and is loosely knotted at the ends. A human figure, two feathers or leaves and part of a human face are carved into the polished surface of the tooth.

Culture
Marquesan
Material
whale tooth, coconut fibre and mulberry bark fibre ?
Made in
“Marquesas Islands” ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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