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Item number 2978/20 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.

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Drawing on horizontally rectangular sheet of black paper. In the upper right is a man wearing a parka with green trim who is caught between two bears both of which are standing on their hind legs. Below the bear to the right is a man in a parka with red trim. He is riding a musk-ox and attacking the bear to the left with a spear. Below the musk-ox is a fish swimming towards a man - the only parts of the man visible are his hands and his head above the water. He faces left. To his left is a man in the water spearing fish with a kakivak. The man is wearing a parka with green trim and only his torso is visible. Two fish are to the left of his kakivak. To their left is a woman wearing an amautiq with blue trim - only her torso is visible. Above the woman is a yellow bear attacking a man in a parka with pink trim. The man holds a knife in his right hand. Immediately above the man is a woman with her back to the viewer, wearing an amautiq with blue trim. She is tending a pot on rocks over a fire. Above her is a man in a parka, with pink trim, shooting a bow and arrow at the bears. Above him is a dog on a chain. To the left is a canvas tent. Inuit syllabics are handwritten along the upper right edge.