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DollNa687

Male doll with a skin head and cotton torso with embroidered features. Dressed in sealskin trousers and mittens, skin boots, and blue cotton parka trimmed at hood with white fur.

Culture
Inuit
Material
wool fibre, cotton fibre, seal skin and skin
Made in
Broughton Island, Nunavut, Canada and Qikiqtarjuaq, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DollNa686

Mother with face and torso of skin, arms of cotton, black braids, and facial features embroidered with black thread. Wearing parka, white cotton with yellow and red trim, brown fur around hood. Sealskin pants and boots. Child inside parka on back has skin body, cotton head with embroidered features, and navy blue skin hood.

Culture
Inuit
Material
seal skin, wool fibre, cotton fibre and skin
Made in
Broughton Island, Nunavut, Canada and Qikiqtarjuaq, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Knife CarvingNa680

Miniature carving of a traditional hunting knife consisting of a long pointed one-sided blade with a hilt, carved lines and three drilled holes.

Culture
Inuit
Material
walrus tusk
Made in
Broughton Island, Nunavut, Canada and Qikiqtarjuaq, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowNa992

Cable-backed bow made from wood and other materials. There are 2 places where thin pieces of bone have been attached to either side of the wood with copper pins, one has sealskin sewn over the top of the bone, and the other has sinew lashed over it. There are knobs on either end of the bow, around which 8 braided sinew cords are strung. The cords are lashed onto the wood in 2 places, and they are twisted and wound with sealskin in the middle section. (Bow string no longer attached.)

Culture
Inuit
Material
wood, sinew, seal skin, bone and copper metal
Made in
Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowNa991

The triangular copper arrow point is inserted in a bone shaft and held in place by three copper pins with a wedge of slightly different material that has been added on. The bone shaft is inserted in the wooden one and lashed on with sinew. About 5cm. above this, a v-shaped cut has been made through the shaft and a glue-like substance used to hold it together. There is another cut about 30cm. above it which is held together with sinew lashed around it. The end is notched and there is sinew wrapped around it.

Culture
Inuit
Material
wood, bone, copper metal and sinew
Made in
Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowNa990

The metal arrow point is slender with rounded edges. The shaft is also metal and has squared edges, the underside of which is hollowed out. It is inserted in a wooden shaft and lashed on the sinew cord. One-third of the way along the shaft there is a nick out of it. 10cm. below the end a v-shaped cut has been made through the shaft and a glue-like substance used to hold it together. The end is notched.

Culture
Inuit
Material
wood, metal and sinew
Made in
Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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QuiverNa987

Quiver made from seven pieces of sealskin stitched together with sinew. The bottom is slightly rounded and the top folds over all the way around. The bottom is slightly rounded and the top folds over all the way around. Along the lengthwise seam there are four holes. Near the top, there is a leather thong which forms a handle. There are two pieces of antler strung on it.

Culture
Inuit
Material
seal skin, antler and sinew
Made in
Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowNa989

Diamond-shaped copper arrow point. It is inserted into a wooden shaft and lashed with sinew cord which is beginning to unwrap. The end of the shaft is notched and lashed with sinew.

Culture
Inuit
Material
wood, copper metal and sinew
Made in
Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowNa988

The small triangular shaped tip has a blunt end and a long shaft with square edges made from one piece of copper. It is inserted in the wooden shaft and lashed on with sinew cord. The end is notched.

Culture
Inuit
Material
wood, copper metal and sinew
Made in
Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureNa676

Two men with woman in centre. Taller man faces woman with hands touching. Separate male figure has hands outstretched and he has holes in his palms indicating an object held, now missing. (Separate male figure has broken off base.)

Culture
Inuit
Material
soapstone stone
Made in
Broughton Island, Nunavut, Canada and Qikiqtarjuaq, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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