Figure Item Number: 3507/4 from the MOA: University of British Columbia

Description

Black stone carving of male figure. Face is tilted upward. Head slopes into a roughly shaped, triangular body. Male has circular eyes, a long wide nose, and smiling mouth. Two small nostrils are indented along bottom edge of nose. Mouth is incised, rest of facial features done in relief. Two rounded hands extend from either side of the body. Vertical lines incised along hand edges, imitating fingers. Base is flat.

Narrative

Label that came with figure says: Hand made by a Canadian Eskimo Artist; Certified by the Government of Canada; Kooveeyook; Broughton Island; Apr/78; Man #9N30."