Frame Item Number: 1158/6 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
The piece is mainly made of wood in the shape of a cross with a strip that circles around the cross. One point of the cross sticks out from the circle and has a piece of bone curving upward. The object is attached with nails.
Narrative
Part of the Northwest Territories Pavilion at Expo '86 in Vancouver, BC. The NWT government donated the kayak, paddle, harpoon, frame and float to MOA following Expo '86, after the kayak was launched in False Creek on August 2 during Baffin Island month
Item History
- Made in Nunavut, Canada
- Owned by Northwest Territories Pavilion before October 17, 1986
- Received from Northwest Territories Pavilion (Donor) on October 17, 1986
What
Who
- Culture
- Inuit
- Previous Owner
- Northwest Territories Pavilion
- Received from
- Northwest Territories Pavilion (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Nunavut, Canada
When
- Ownership Date
- before October 17, 1986
- Acquisition Date
- on October 17, 1986
Other
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 1158/0006