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Item number 3148/4 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.

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Description

Stone figure of a woman. Woman stands, wearing an amauti style parka, with a flap that falls mid-thigh at front and to ankles at back. A large pouch falls from her shoulders down her back. At front, her arms hang at her sides with the amauti creating large square shoulders. Pants are short, with large pouches at the knee. Her hair is in a double bun over each ear, and face has inset eyes and a protruding nose. Label on base.

Narrative

In 1966-67 the donors' mother was engaged to James Haining who, at that time, was the area administrator of Igloolik/Hall Beach. During that period she acquired a number of Inuit artifacts. Her collection is thought to have been obtained from some of the following eastern arctic communities: Hall Beach, Igloolik, Cape Dorset, Sheardown Lake, Mary River, Frobisher Bay, Cambridge Bay, Pelly Bay, Baker Lake, Milne Inlet and Pond Inlet.