Figure Item Number: 3540/4 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Stoneware scene consisting of four walruses swimming amongst large blocks of ice; base is an irregular rectangle. All walruses are in front half of the scene; all are dark grey with black snouts. They have small eyes, frowning mouths and dots imprinted across their snouts. The two walruses closest to the right side have two white tusks; others are tusk-less. Base is unglazed; ice and surrounding water done in white with grey-green undertones. Unsigned.
Figure was made while Makituk was a student at the Kootenay School of Art in Nelson, BC in the late 1960s; she was studying with Walter Dexter. It was acquired directly from the artist by the donor's family, who moved to Nelson in 1968.