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Item number 3654/13 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.

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Stone carving of a hunter flensing a seal, on an irregularly-shaped base with circular opening in between hunter's legs. Male figure is lying on side with upper body twisted to face backward, left knee bent against ground, and right knee elevated with leg angled away from body. He has oval-shaped eyes, a wide nose, pronounced cheeks, thin mouth, and short hair; features done in relief and incised. Hunter is wearing a coat with the hood down, and long pants tucked into tall boots. Seal body is on stomach with head bent over back, next to hunter's upper body; hunter is cutting open the seal with flensing knife in his right hand, and holding its right fore flipper in his left. Numerical inscription and 'Eskimo art' tag on base.