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FigureNa1087

Male or generic form with oval head, flattened in profile. Incised eyes in depressions, nose in slightly higher relief, incised horizontal slit mouth with vertical lines running from nose through mouth. Handless arms, out from body, submerge into body at hips. Feetless legs, rounded to outside, flattened on interior surfaces. Horizontal carving lines on back.

Culture
Inuit
Material
walrus tusk ?
Made in
Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Line Drag HandleNa1106

Cylindrically shaped stylized seal; slope sided flat-topped appendage at centre around oval hole. Seal head at one end with incised circle and dot eyes, downturned mouth, nostrils and triangular line at muzzle. Square, indentation at top of head; flippers at other end with hole between. Top, non-appendage side has 3 rows of circle and dot motif. Mottled dentine visible, longitudinally, along under side at centre and across seal's head.

Culture
Inuit
Material
walrus tusk and pigment ?
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PipeNa1104

Curved circular pipe with scene in relief on top; round pipe bowl with funnel-shaped interior at one end; stylized seal on side of bowl; two walrus heads on opposite side; larger walrus with head towards bowl above a rectangular platform with two headless figures on each side; each is sitting, back to back, pointing a rifle. One rifle is broken off. Behind large walrus on each side runs a row of five seals, the first two face each other on each side. On top at opposite end from bowl is a semi-reclining headless figure holding a horizontal stick-like object, two smaller standing figures hold up other end of stick. Hole drilled the length of the pipe and through bowl meet first hole. Mottled dentine runs parallel to central hole. Natural tusk colours range from white to brown with greyish areas.

Culture
Inuit
Material
walrus tusk
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Needle CaseNa1086

Long rectangular tube with rounded corners, drilled hole through centre, longitudinally, and circular human figure with head appendage at top. Head is flattened in side view; raised forehead and nose; heart shaped facial plane with incised, dark brown crescent-shaped eyes and mouth. Relief carving on tube includes arms which are pulled back along figure's side; feet are sticking out 2/3 rds of the way down the tube. There is an indentation indicating legs. Seal on back with raised head at bottom, inlaid round nostrils, eyes and smaller circles behind and to the sides of eyes. Front limbs straddle tube; seal tapers towards back with back flippers indicated by vertical lines and curved lines converging to end from 2 dots. Incised decoration includes; semi-circle line on figure's chest, along this line is a stick figure with arms outstretched between 2 rectangles, one of which maybe an animal; large frontal figure at bottom, below feet is crosshatched with arms raised. Decorative band on at bottom edge on sides and back are 3 horizontal lines; between first and second are triangle shapes extending in from both lines. Arrows on each side. Design worn on side. Few longitudinal cracks, some carving marks and embedded dirt. Head has been broken and repaired with adhesive.

Culture
Inupiaq
Material
walrus tusk
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Swivel ToggleNa1085

Cup-form swivel toggle, or harness swivel, with a piece of flat leather knotted through the hole in one end. On cup bowl side, a short tang faces in over bowl. Cree syllabics are incised on tang, either side of concave bowl surface and in dots at shaft at leather thong end. Rows of dots encircle shaft end; two rows of dots at outside, one row towards cup. Outside convex surface has longitudinal ridge crossed by a single row with u-shaped towards double row along rim. Shaft end has two rows of dots at outside circumference and at cup. A double row of dots in a u-shape, cross the centre line at each end. Leather thong is cut at outside end with a hole 1 cm from the end.

Culture
Inuit
Material
leather skin and walrus tusk
Made in
Nunavut, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CarvingNa1103

Round face, flat in cross-section with oval eyes cut through. Shallow channel over eyes and outlining cheeks. End of nose grooved in v-shape with diagonal lines, in relief, running from nose down to jaw. Oval mouth in relief. White and grey pigment in low areas and grey patchy areas, especially around outside edge.

Culture
Inuit
Material
pigment and wood
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureNa1084

Male or generic form with crease incision on each side (front and back) indicating arms. Round head with flattened face and wide triangular nose in slightly higher relief. Horizontal incision for eyes and mouth and across bottom front of torso. Bowed legs. Back, buttocks, and backbone are defined by slight indentation.

Culture
Inuit
Material
walrus tusk
Made in
Nunavut, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureNa1102

Figure of female form, flattened in cross-section with rectangle above featureless oval head. Carved diamond-shaped channel outlining slightly bulbous abdomen, large flat breasts, and legs truncated above knee. Back side is slightly concave and very porous. Rasp-like marks on side of one leg.

Culture
Inuit
Material
whale bone
Made in
Greenland
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Quiver Rod CapNa1101

Female caribou head with neck tapering in wedge shape. Mouth and nostrils are well defined at end of muzzle. Eyes on each side, one has remains of wooden plug. Oval ears in relief with deep canals. Hole drilled through at back of head. Numerous lines across neck.

Culture
Inuit
Material
antler and wood
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureNa1099

Four-footed polar bear with large head; back curves into head,chin almost touches ground. Incised mouth and flat muzzle, nostrils and eyes are inlaid circles of wood. Oval ears in slight relief. Four short stubby legs. Tail indicated by oval-shape at back. Centre core of mottled tusk dentine visible from bottom and at head.

Culture
Inuit
Material
walrus tusk and wood
Made in
Nunavut, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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