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Inner ParkaA2.489

Man’s inner coat, or parka, of caribou fur. The coat is waist length, has a long back flap and a close fitting, slightly pointed, hood. The hood is trimmed with white fur. On the skin side along the hem and the hood a green curved tape of cloth is sewn. The coat is yellow-white with patches of brown fur.

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
caribou skin, caribou sinew and fibre ?
Made in
Bathurst Inlet, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Outer ParkaA2.508

Women’s outer coat, or parka, of brown caribou fur. The coat has a large elongated hood and very broad angular shoulders. The coat is waist length and has a long rectangular back tail and a small narrow rectangular front flap. The hemline, hood opening and front of sleeves are trimmed with white fur. On the forearms of the sleeves two white bands of fur are inserted. On the back two narrow triangular pieces of white fur and a tiny tuft of white fur are inserted. To the top of the back four caribou ears are attached with two white tassels of fur hanging from the ear tips. A paired tassel of white fur is attached to the right shoulder on the front. Paired narrow fringes are hanging from the back of the hood and along the hemline. The back of the coat is enlarged through the insertion of an extra piece of fur. To the rim of the hood a white label and a metal button are attached.

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
caribou skin, metal and caribou sinew
Made in
Bathurst Inlet, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Outer LeggingsA2.506 a-b

Pair of women’s outer leggings (part a-b) of caribou fur with the fur to the outside. The leggings have a close fit for the foot and ankle and expand like a funnel reaching above the knee at the back of the leg and tapering up on the front to form a thong that can be looped over the belt of the trousers. The top edge and the area above the ankle are decorated with alternating strips of white caribou fur and black and red dyed strips of dehaired skin. The feet are made of the legskins of the caribou.

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
caribou skin, caribou sinew and dye
Made in
Bathurst Inlet, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Harpoon Point1570/11

White-yellow carved walrus tusk with one end consisting of two grooved squared-off points that each have three serrated ridges. The centre consists of a raised ridge with two deeply carved indentations on either side leading to a hole on the underside of the object. Three-quarters of the way down the point, there is a band of nine serrated ridges extending the width of the point. At the end of the point tip there is a circular piece of metal that attaches the black-brown coloured metal point to the tusk.

Culture
Inuit
Material
walrus tusk and metal
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fishing Spear981/3

The object has a long rectangular handle. The y-shape at the other end has three tips pointing toward the middle of the y-shape from the two ends of the y-shape and the middle of the handle. Fibre rope is wrapped in between the handle and the y-shape where a metal nail goes through.

Culture
Inuit
Material
wood, metal and fibre
Made in
Nunavut, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Paddle981/4

A long flat brown stick carved with two sets of small curves that curve oppositely to each other so that the stick looks like it has three equal sections. At both ends there are two lighter pieces carved to fit along both sides and attached with metal nails.

Culture
Inuit
Material
wood and metal
Made in
Nunavut, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Boat ? Fragment1056/3 e-f

Two flat long light white-brown pieces that have a natural curve. One piece (part e) has one hole at one end and a v-shape carved in the middle point of the edge of one side. The other piece (part f) has a more pointed curved tip with a hole at the other end. There is a small fragment stick that is a piece of part f.

Culture
Inuit
Material
bone
Made in
Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fishing Spear981/2

Long, brown, wooden shaft with a long metal spike and length of wood attached to one end with twine. The attached piece of wood has a shorter metal spike affixed to its end; this metal spike is angled towards the longer spike affixed to the main spear shaft, so that there is roughly one centimeter between the two points.

Culture
Inuit
Material
wood, metal and fibre
Made in
Nunavut, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Knife1060/47

Oxidized metal blade affixed by two rivets to a carved bone handle. Handle has five circular holes bored through it along the top edge. Four finger grooves are cut out of the bottom of the handle. Six circular shapes with dotted centres are carved in a line on the handle.

Culture
Inuit
Material
bone and metal
Made in
Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureNa1662

Miniature standing human figure wearing a parka. Articulated arms and legs. Legs are carved one behind the other. Facial features and parts of parka are painted on.

Culture
Inuit
Material
walrus tusk and paint
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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