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Bear Figure2654/4

White stone carving of a polar bear with one paw over its nose. Sculpture has engraved ears, eyes and paws that have been darkened with a black material.

Culture
Inuit
Material
soapstone stone
Made in
Cape Dorset, Nunavut, Canada and Kinngait, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Carving2654/2

Brownish-green stone carving of a humanoid face; face has lightly engraved features of hair, eyebrows, and eyelashes; eyes are recessed, mouth is a horizontal line and cheeks are bulbous. The back is carved with a bird-like face above a rabbit-like face and ears.

Culture
Inuit
Material
soapstone stone
Made in
Cape Dorset, Nunavut, Canada and Kinngait, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PantsA2.565 b

Men's outer trousers made of caribou skin with thick fur (part b). The trousers reach to just below the knee. There is a broad casing on the top with a piece of rope for a drawstring. The trousers have a fly in the front that can be closed by tying two pairs of leather straps. The legs are trimmed with a band of hairless skin sewn to the inside. Two white bands of cloth are attached to the top forming loops.

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
cotton fibre, fibre and caribou skin
Made in
Coppermine, Nunavut, Canada and Kugluktuk, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ulu CarvingNa1639

Object is grey-blue in colour and is in the shape of a miniature ulu knife. The top or handle of the knife has a knob and narrows. It then widens into a U-shape making up the blade of the knife.

Culture
Inuit
Material
soapstone stone
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Outer ParkaA2.503

Women’s outer coat, or parka, of brown caribou fur with a large elongated hood. The coat has a small triangular front flap and a long rectangular back flap and very broad angular shoulders. The back of the coat is enlarged through an insertion of an elongated v-shaped piece of fur. The hemline and the hood are trimmed with white fur. Clusters of narrow fringes are attached all around the hem. Three bands of white fur are inserted on the lower front of the sleeves. In the front the sleeves are also trimmed with a narrow strip of white fur. On the top of the back four caribou ears are attached. Two long strips of white fur are attached to the tip of the second piece on the right. On the back of the right shoulder a group of three brown tassels is attached.

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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Pipe977/1

The pipe stem is light brown in colour, is hollow in centre tapers at one end and widens at the other. At the wider end of pipe, a round stone bowl that is hollow in the centre flares out at the top and tapers around the neck and flares out slightly at its base. This is attached to the wooden pipe stem at the wider end by a piece of skin cording that is wrapped around the base of the bowl and is joined by a knot with another piece of skin cording that has been wrapped around the tapered end and extends the length of the pipe to the centre. Located on the side of the pipe is a handwritten inscription which is illegible.

Culture
Inuit
Material
wood, stone and skin
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureNa1620

A small dark grey stone bird on a pedestal. Its eyes, beak, and wings are carved.

Culture
Inuit
Material
stone
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ContainerNa1635

A small oval dark grey stone dish with a hole drilled at the bottom edge.

Culture
Inuit
Material
stone
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BaseNa1659

The overall base is octagonal in shape, is white-yellow in colour and at one end, has a centred circular hole through to the other side. On the other end of the of base near its centre, there is a small wooden dowel coming through from the underside that is light brown in colour. On the underside of the piece, there are two longer wooden dowels near the edges of the piece and on the opposite side, the dowels appear to be missing leaving two holes present. Near the centre of piece there is a shorter dowel coming through from the top surface.

Culture
Inuit
Material
bone ? and wood
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Outer ParkaA2.494

Woman’s outer coat, or parka, made of caribou fur. The coat is calf length with a close fitting hood and narrow shoulders. It is cut in an A-line to flare at the bottom. White fur panels on each side extend down below the neckline into elongated triangular gussets. Bands of white fur are inserted in the sleeves below the shoulders and along the hemline. The hood, sleeves and lower edge are trimmed with wolverine fur. Two rectangular pieces of white caribou fur are inserted on the back below the shoulders. Paired tassels of wolverine fur are attached into the seams off the shoulders, on the chest, and on the back below the white inserts.

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