Figure Item Number: 2746/1 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Stone carving of a man struggling to pull his walrus kill over the ice.
Narrative
Donor's father purchased it from the Hudson's Bay Company in the early 1950s.
Item History
- Made in Nunavut, Canada ? between 1950 and 1955
- Collected before 1955
- Owned by Hudson's Bay Company
- Owned by Mildred Baines before June 2, 2009
- Received from Mildred Baines (Donor) on June 2, 2009
What
- Name
- Figure
- Identification Number
- 2746/1
- Type of Item
- figure
- Material
- steatite stone
- Overall
- height 17.0 cm, width 31.5 cm, depth 20.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Inuit
- Previous Owner
- Hudson's Bay Company and Mildred Baines
- Received from
- Mildred Baines (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Nunavut, Canada ?
When
- Creation Date
- between 1950 and 1955
- Collection Date
- before 1955
- Ownership Date
- before June 2, 2009
- Acquisition Date
- on June 2, 2009
Other
- Item Classes
- carvings & sculpture
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 2746/0001