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Carved tupilaq (tupilak). Standing figure with flipper-like hands and one foot; cone-shaped head with black inlaid eyes, wrinkles carved on brow, open round nostrils, and an open mouth with twelve flat teeth. There is a small round upward slanted hole in the chest.
Stone carving of a standing muskox. Its curved horns appear to be made of horn, held on with an adhesive. Made of a polished dark greeny stone, with its head turned a bit to its left. Lightly inscised eyes, nostrils and mouth. Unsigned.
Large stone carving of a standing muskox. Its horns appear to be made of large claws pointing out to the sides, held on with a black adhesive. The stone is polished to a dark grey/black on the body, whereas the legs are unpolished dark grey. Lines are inscised for the eyes, nostrils and mouth. Artist name inscribed on belly.
Large carved stone walrus with two removable bone(?) tusks (parts b-c). The walrus is carved in black stone, lying on its right side with details carved to show wrinkles in the skin, flippers, and markings on its face. The two tusks are carved of bone(?) and fit into holes in the animal's snout. Unsigned.
Black stone carving of a standing polar bear holding two cubs in front of its body. The claws, eyes, ears, nostrils and mouth are carved on the mother bear; the ears, eyes, claws on cubs. Artist name inscribed on bottom of right foot.
Black stone carving of a kneeling woman, cleaning a seal skin. The seal flippers project out at the front; the woman holds a white ulu (part b) in her right hand; she is carved as wearing an amauti style parka with a large hood on the back. The base is inscribed 'A Maktak Pond Inlet'; also a green co-op sticker.
Stone carving of a kneeling hunter holding a bone(?) spear in his raised right hand. The hunter is portrayed as if wearing a thick parka, pants and boots. His left arm is held tight to his body. The mottled black stone shows dark green highlights at the layers and cracks. Unsigned.
Stone carving of a group of three people. Mottled dark grey-black stone carved to represent three bodies merged together in a row, with separately carved heads. Each head is shown wearing a flat hood. One side shows the person's arm, at the other side is a shoulder. The faces have carved eyes, noses, mouths. The two people at the ends are smiling, the one in the middle is frowning. The flat base has incised syllabics.
Very heavy stone carving of a mother and child. The stone is mottled dark grey carved in the form of a woman holding a child at her right side. Details are carved into the stone for eyes, noses, mouths and the mother's hair part and braids; the form of the woman suggests she is wearing an amauti style parka. Syllabics inscribed on base.
Large, black stone narwhal (part a) on a round stone stand (part b) with a detachable bone(?) spiraled tusk (part c) that goes into a hole in the whale's nose. White inlaid eyes. Bone peg on stomach that sits in stand hole. Artist name inscribed on base of stand.