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Boots1769/1 a-f

Pair of outer boots (parts a-b) with one pair of outer liners (c-d) and a pair of inner liners (e-f). The boots are made with fur soles and skin uppers, decorated with three bands of rickrack in red, green and dark blue. The seal skin legs have mottled grey seal fur at the base, a band of off-white seal fur, a band of dark grey seal fur, and another band of off-white seal fur at the top. The edge is trimmed with dark blue fabric through which is threaded a red, yellow, green and dark blue wool drawstring. The outer liners are made of off-white felted wool with sole and foot sections joined in green herringbone stitching and the top edged in a decorative blanket stitch. The inner liners are taller than the outer liners and are made from off-white felted wool with the top band embroidered with four floral motifs and edged with red and green zigzag design in wool yarn.

Culture
Inuit
Material
seal skin, wool fibre, cotton fibre and caribou skin ?
Made in
Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Skin SamplerA2.502 b

One of two fragments (part b) demonstrating fur decoration. The sampler has alternating strips of white and brown caribou fur sewn together with sinew. At the end the pattern starts to form a v-shape. The stitching is visible on the back. There is one finished edge.

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
caribou skin and caribou sinew
Made in
Bathurst Inlet, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Etching1749/12

Etching produced in black ink. The scene portrays four animals on their rightful stance, on top of each other on the right side of the image and two birds on top of each other on the left side of the image. The form of the birds and animals are drawn and filled in almost entirely by horizontal lines and some crosshatch-like lines. Some of the lines are smudged. Inscription written on bottom of print with embossed artist's mark, on right hand corner, outside of image. Paper is between two layers of foamcore (sealed together) with a double black and cream coloured mat over top.

Culture
Inuit
Made in
Cape Dorset, Nunavut, Canada and Kinngait, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Feathered Quartet1749/11

Stonecut print with four different birds of decreasing size standing one on top of the other. Two rectangular artist seals of black ink and a third seal in red ink, in shape of an inverted U, on lower right-hand corner. Pencil inscription below image lists title, method, edition number, artist's signature and year. Print is hinged on white matboard.

Culture
Inuit
Made in
Cape Dorset, Nunavut, Canada and Kinngait, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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The Whaler's Reel1749/10

Print depicting an Inuit man and woman dancing with happy facial expressions. The figures are dressed in traditional costume with traditional hairstyles. The print is a lithograph in black and greys printed on cream coloured paper. Cape Dorset stylized red igloo seal at the lower left-hand corner with the blind embossed Cape Dorset Cooperative stamp in the lower right-hand corner. Below the image is written, "The Whaler's Reel Lithograph 21/50 Dorset 1992 Pitaloosie" with the artist's name written in Inuit syllabics.

Culture
Inuit
Made in
Cape Dorset, Nunavut, Canada and Kinngait, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dog and Caribou Fighting1749/9

Dog and caribou fighting. Both animals are facing one another while standing on their hind legs. The caribou's front hooves come up near the dog's face. The caribou is illustrated by a dark blue (navy) outline and a flair of yellow coming from the throat/neck area. The dog is mostly coloured in dark blue (navy) with spots and lines that are the colour of the paper surface. These figures are, for the most part, centred on the paper. In the lower right corner, there is a small yellow image of a right pointing arrow emerging from a bulge pointing to pencilled syllabic. Pencil inscription across the bottom edge reads 'Dog and Caribou Fighting, Iksiktaaryuk, Kiryouroot 39/50 1975'. In the lower right corner, there is a circular embossing. The print is on horizontally rectangular cream-coloured paper, hinged to dark blue matboard.

Culture
Inuit
Made in
Baker Lake, Nunavut, Canada and Qamanittuaq, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fleeing Caribou1749/8

Print depicting two adult caribou, one with orange and yellow antlers, and one young caribou in the foreground. Behind the caribou with orange antlers is a caribou with short black antlers. All three caribou are running and have a protruding pink tongue. Below the image is written, "Fleeing Caribou Stonecut & Stencil 46/50 Dorset 1991 Kananginak," with the name of the artist written in Inuit syllabics. The name of the printmaker and the Cape Dorset stylized red igloo seal are printed in the bottom right-hand corner.

Culture
Inuit
Made in
Cape Dorset, Nunavut, Canada and Kinngait, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Marble Island1749/7

A colourful print of several figures. On the top left, there is a figure on a boat holding a box of tea. There is a large flag on the boat with an image of a face. The prow of the boat is a head with fangs(?) and some of the figures have fangs. There are floating mouths with fangs(?), and eyes and arms in the lower portion of the image. There are syllabics in the lower left and mid-right areas of the image. The space surrounding the figures is filled with short, linear marks of orange, dark blue, and green. In the lower right corner, there is a small yellow image of a right pointing arrow emerging from a bulge pointing to pencilled syllabic. Pencil inscription across the bottom edge reads 'Marble Island 29/50 1980...(?)'. In the lower right corner, there is a circular embossing. The print is on a horizontally rectangular, white paper piece.

Culture
Inuit
Made in
Baker Lake, Nunavut, Canada and Qamanittuaq, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MatA2.526

Small rectangular eiderdown mat with a centre panel made from square patches of different feathers; green and black feather pattern along the edge of the centre panel. Back of mat is solid eiderdown.

Culture
Inuit
Material
feather, skin and fibre
Made in
Greenland
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Drawing1668/10

Striped, mountainous landscape with six human faces, one wolf or dog, and two heads of wolves or dogs. Mountains and sky have many multi-coloured zig zag lines. In the top centre, there are two hooded figures facing each other. In pencil, in the lower right corner, there is syllabic. The drawing is on a horizontally rectangular, white paper piece.

Culture
Inuit
Made in
Baker Lake, Nunavut, Canada and Qamanittuaq, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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