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Drawing2978/28

Drawing on horizontal rectangular sheet of off-white paper of igloo and dogs. Image is in four rows. The upper row consists of four snow houses. The one on the left faces the left, the central house faces forward. To the right is another house facing left and then another facing forward. All show a window and smoke from the chimney. The next row consists of three sleds. The leftmost is on its side. The middle sled is packed for travel and has a green thong for attaching the dogs. The rightmost sled is also packed for travel and has a pink thong for attaching the dogs. The next row consists of six dogs. They vary in colour - from left to right: pink, green, purple, grey, brown and green. The final row has three dogs to the left. The leftmost is orange and the other two are grey. In the centre is a frozen caribou carcass. Beside the carcass is a man wielding an axe. Beside him is a child in a one-piece suit of clothing. Sanavik embossed stamp in lower left corner, with ink stamp on reverse. Pencil inscription on reverse with name, date.

Culture
Inuit
Made in
Baker Lake, Nunavut, Canada and Qamanittuaq, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Drawing2978/27

Grey pencil drawing on horizontal rectangular sheet of off-white paper of a hunter and his dog chasing a herd of caribou. Image can be divided in five rows. The top row has three running caribou facing left. All are full grown with antlers. The second row has two running caribou and a snarling, running dog - all facing left. The fourth row has a young caribou running - facing left. The final row has two standing caribou facing right and a hunter with a rifle in his left hand facing left. Four syllabic symbols at lower right with small 6 and 96 written around one symbol. Pencil inscriptions on reverse.

Culture
Inuit
Made in
Baker Lake, Nunavut, Canada and Qamanittuaq, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Drawing2978/26

Drawing on horizontal rectangular sheet of ivory paper of a fishing scene. Image can be divided into two rows. On the upper row to the left is a bird about to take off. To the right of the bird is a fisherman about to throw out his line. Below him is a fish. To the right is a man in a kayak. In his mouth he has a line attached to a large fish. At the prow of the boat a man stands holding the boat stable. In the lower row to the left there are three fish and a seal. To the right is a fisherman in a kayak. He is holding his paddle with his left hand while he spears a fish with a kakivak held in his right. To the right of the kayak is a man's torso. The man appears to be in the water.

Culture
Inuit
Made in
Baker Lake, Nunavut, Canada and Qamanittuaq, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Drawing2978/25

Brightly coloured drawing on horizontal rectangular sheet of ivory paper of a camp scene in winter. At top left is a young child wearing a one piece suit in yellow and black. Immediately below child is a woman wearing a multi-coloured amautiq. To her left and below is a bald man in a blue parka with green trousers. At the centre top of the image is a snow house with a windbreak entrance. A person wearing a pink parka appears to be bending down as if to enter the snow house. Below the snow house is a scene with animals and humans. The humans are on the left and consist of a boy dressed in a blue parka, a bald headed person with a purple amautiq, and a woman with a blue face wearing a green and yellow amautiq. The animals are a purple seal, an orange wolf/dog and a yellow bear. To the right of the animals is a woman with braids with a small child dressed in clothing on her stomach.

Culture
Inuit
Made in
Baker Lake, Nunavut, Canada and Qamanittuaq, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Drawing2978/24

Brightly coloured drawing on horizontal rectangular sheet of ivory paper of a man, a human/bird hybrid, and a two headed woman. To the left a man in a yellow parka faces left and has his tongue sticking out. Immediately to the right and above is a three headed bird human figure. One head is red, the middle head is orange, and the third head is grey with a green beak. This creature wears a pink top with blue polka dots and a green pink and blue dress with purple trousers. Tucked under the beak of the bird with the grey head is a brown seal. To the right and below the bird/human is a female head in purple facing right. Above the head is an orange polar bear with a blue fox/dog on it's stomach. Immediately below the bear is a woman wearing a green amautiq. She has two heads - a normal sized head and a very large head both are yellow and the large head is wearing braids. Immediately next to her is a yellow polar bear seated upright and tucked into the chest of the polar bear is a multi-coloured duck with outspread pink wings.

Culture
Inuit
Made in
Baker Lake, Nunavut, Canada and Qamanittuaq, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Drawing2978/23

Drawing on horizontal rectangular sheet of ivory paper of a caribou standing on the tundra, rendered entirely in browns. The animal faces left but the head is turned to face the viewer. It has a large rack of antlers with seven points on each antler.

Culture
Inuit
Made in
Baker Lake, Nunavut, Canada and Qamanittuaq, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Drawing2978/22

Drawing on horizontal rectangular sheet of white paper of a human in the process of transformation. The head is hidden in the body and is of a bear like creature. In the human's body are two human faces facing each other. The human's fingers are elongated and claw like. Behind the human is a large grey wolf/bear creature with human hands. At the upper left corner of the image is a figure with a purple body and green face who appears to be watching the scene. Immediately below this figure is a human holding a bear in his hands. This bear is playing a tugging game with another bear. To the upper right are two humans and another bear. Below and to the left is a dog with its paws on the wolf/bear figure. Sanavik embossed stamp in lower left corner, with ink stamp on reverse. Pencil inscription on reverse with name, date.

Culture
Inuit
Made in
Baker Lake, Nunavut, Canada and Qamanittuaq, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Drawing2978/21

Drawing on horizontal rectangular sheet of white paper of a large spread-winged screaming bird. Above the wings on either side peep two purple wolf heads. On the wings are two human/bird faces with green beaks. Under the wings are two human faces. In the body of the bird are two human faces facing each other. Coming out from the body of the bird are two yellow fish tails. Below are two orange fish tails with human faces. Below are two green fish tails.

Culture
Inuit
Made in
Baker Lake, Nunavut, Canada and Qamanittuaq, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Drawing2978/20

Drawing on horizontally rectangular sheet of black paper. In the upper right is a man wearing a parka with green trim who is caught between two bears both of which are standing on their hind legs. Below the bear to the right is a man in a parka with red trim. He is riding a musk-ox and attacking the bear to the left with a spear. Below the musk-ox is a fish swimming towards a man - the only parts of the man visible are his hands and his head above the water. He faces left. To his left is a man in the water spearing fish with a kakivak. The man is wearing a parka with green trim and only his torso is visible. Two fish are to the left of his kakivak. To their left is a woman wearing an amautiq with blue trim - only her torso is visible. Above the woman is a yellow bear attacking a man in a parka with pink trim. The man holds a knife in his right hand. Immediately above the man is a woman with her back to the viewer, wearing an amautiq with blue trim. She is tending a pot on rocks over a fire. Above her is a man in a parka, with pink trim, shooting a bow and arrow at the bears. Above him is a dog on a chain. To the left is a canvas tent. Inuit syllabics are handwritten along the upper right edge.

Culture
Inuit
Made in
Baker Lake, Nunavut, Canada and Qamanittuaq, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Drawing2978/19

Drawing on horizontally rectangular sheet of black paper. Imagery represents the Legend of Two-Headed Dog. Image can be divided into four areas: a right-hand column, an upper row, a central scene and a scene in the lower left corner. The right side column consists of five snow houses. All have entrances facing left. In the bottom house all the people have red heads. There are six people asleep on the sleeping platform, two in one bag, one in his own bag, and three in another bag. Above this house is a sled. In the house above all the people have mauve heads. There are four of them sleeping on the sleeping platform - one in a green bag, two in a green bag and one in a purple bag. Above this house is a sled. In the next house, three of the people have yellow heads and one has a mauve head. The one with the mauve head is in a brown bag, one of the others has his/her own bag. The other two share a bag. A sled rests at an angle above this house. In the next house, all the people have red heads. Two share one bag and two share another bag. A sled is sitting on the ground above this house. The next house is the uppermost house and forms the beginning of the upper row of images. A man is kneeling beside this house preparing his sled. The same man is shown crawling out of the house. To the left we see four versions of the man as he moves with his bow and arrows. The central scene shows a man wearing a parka sitting on a two-headed dog. He is controlling each dog with a harness around its neck. A man is kneeling to the left aiming his bow and arrow at the two-headed creature. In the scene at the bottom left there is a small circular body of water into which the man and the dog are diving. Inuit syllabics are handwritten along the upper right edge.

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