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Parka3496/1

Parka style inner and outer coat set. Both are hooded with front centre openings, secured with zippers. Outer coat is made of light blue synthetic material, unlined. Inner coat made of white wool, lined with dark blue silk-like fabric. Two large pockets, with deeply curved openings, on either side of outer coat. Cuffs and bottom edge are trimmed with Delta Braids. Ribbon is light yellow, bordered with red along the top and brown along the bottom. Repeating pattern of green squares framing a dark purple rectangle throughout centre of yellow band. Repeating pattern of three birds embroidered along cuffs and bottom edge of inner coat. Standing pink and green birds face one another with a purple bird in between, facing forward. Wings and legs are highlighted dark green, red and light green. On the chest, on either side of the centre opening, are standing red birds with dark yellow highlights, facing one another. Cuffs, bottom edge and hood of inner coat are trimmed with white fox fur. Manufacturer's mark stamped to exterior of the inner coat's hood.

Culture
Inuit
Material
synthetic fibre, wool fibre, white fox skin, dye and metal
Made in
Holman, Northwest Territories, Canada and Ulukhaktok, Northwest Territories, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Leister3204/16

Leister type spear made of wood, bone, sinew, steel. Handle is a long, straight, squared rod of wood with a flat butt. At top a thick wrapping of rawhide with hair connects handle to spear head. Head is made of two curving outer arms of horn, thick at top where each holds a metal spike over a central piece of bone barbed at its end.

Culture
Inuit
Material
wood, rawhide skin, horn ?, bone and metal
Made in
Holman, Northwest Territories, Canada and Ulukhaktok, Northwest Territories, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Knife2939/3

Flared copper ulu type knife with a rounded edge on the bottom of the blade. The blade is connected to a horizontal copper handle by a short post.

Culture
Inuit
Material
copper metal
Made in
Holman, Northwest Territories, Canada and Ulukhaktok, Northwest Territories, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Wall Hanging2810/2

Oval shaped seal skin with image sewn into the main skin using a patchwork technique. The main skin is lighter at the sides and dark down the centre. Light and dark pieces of seal skin are used to create the image of two Inuit people facing forward. The edge of the skin has holes cut into it for stretching or hanging on a frame, with a strip of leather strung through several holes at the top. The back shows the seams where all the pieces of skin have been sewn together. There are green Holman Island stamps on the back of the skin.

Culture
Inuit
Material
seal skin, leather skin and fibre
Made in
Holman, Northwest Territories, Canada and Ulukhaktok, Northwest Territories, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Wall Hanging2810/1

Rectangular seal skin with image sewn into the main skin using a patchwork technique. Lighter pieces of seal skin are used to create the images of an Inuit hunter with a spear pointed toward a seal under a curve of ice(?), with border designs at each end. The back shows the seams where all the pieces of skin have been sewn together. There are green Holman Island stamps on the back of the skin.

Culture
Inuit
Material
seal skin and fibre
Made in
Holman, Northwest Territories, Canada and Ulukhaktok, Northwest Territories, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Woman's Parka1005/1

Woman's parka made of brown fur, with a lighter fur lined hood and delta trim around the bottom of the coat and arms. The delta trim is used at the seam between the dropped shoulder and the sleeve as well as at the bottom edge of the coat and sleeve. The trim around the dropped shoulders is made up of thin strips of red, green and blue cotton fabric and yellow ricrac sewn in a linear design. The trim around the cuff of the sleeves is a band of white fur. The trim around the bottom of the coat is white fur with two brown facing triangles. There is a thin red band above the triangles, a thin green band below and a thicker band of red along the bottom of the white trim. There are long fur fringes under the trim on the shoulders and under the hood on the front and back. The skin side of the fringes is dyed red.

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
caribou skin ?, wolf skin ? and fibre
Made in
Holman, Northwest Territories, Canada and Ulukhaktok, Northwest Territories, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CarvingNa1274 a-h

Hunter in a kayak with three caribou heads and shoulders emerging from a flat platform. Platform is rounded on the corners, three sides are relatively straight and the fourth is angled. The hunter holds an antler paddle (part b) in one hand and a copper tipped, antler spear, poised to throw, in the other. His hood is down and his hair is indicated by fine lines. Caribou each have two removable antlers (parts c-h), rounded snouts, dots for eyes and small upright ears. Two parallel zigzag lines run across platform in front of front two cariboo, indicating water movement. V-shaped parallel lines radiate from third caribou and kayak. Unsigned.

Culture
Inuit
Material
stone, sinew, copper metal and antler
Made in
Holman, Northwest Territories, Canada and Ulukhaktok, Northwest Territories, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Printing Block3636/2

Printing stone, or printing block, made of a heavy irregularly-shaped carved stone; stone is predominantly rectangular with a rounded, triangular protrusion from the bottom right corner. Top, bottom, and left sides, and front and back, are smoothly cut; right side has rougher edges and marks from tools. Image from print "It's A Sorcerer" carved in relief across front surface of stone; surface coloured teal from printing process. Image depicts a seated polar bear with two large birds behind it; all done in profile. The bear has four smaller birds protruding from it's head; birds extend from mouth, ear, chin, and back of head. The two birds behind the bear are standing upright, have their wings extended, circular crests on their foreheads, and are facing away from the bear. Semi-circles and curved lines are carved into wings to indicate feathers. Artist signature, written backwards, done in relief in bottom left corner.

Culture
Inuit
Material
stone
Made in
Holman, Northwest Territories, Canada and Ulukhaktok, Northwest Territories, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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It's a Sorceror3636/1

Stonecut print on thin paper; done in horizontal orientation. Print depicts a polar bear with two large birds behind it; all done in profile. The bear, coloured naturally, is seated and has four green birds with orange beaks protruding from around it's head; birds extend from mouth, ear, chin, and back of head. The two birds behind the bear are standing upright, have their wings extended, and their heads facing away from the bear; done in black with white details throughout, indicating feathers, and with circular red crests on their foreheads. Place made, Eskimo Western Arctic, date made, title, and edition number, 32/50, written in pencil along bottom of print. Artist signature printed in black above pencil inscription. (Attached to dark brown matboard frame.)

Culture
Inuit
Made in
Holman, Northwest Territories, Canada and Ulukhaktok, Northwest Territories, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Print3551/2

Small stonecut print on rice paper. Image depicts a family: a mother and child are riding on a dog sled and the father is running alongside, holding the whip. Both adults are wearing black parkas and boots, and dark brown pants; boots and hoods are trimmed with yellow. The mother's parka has a long tail; child's parka is light brown and they are wearing black and yellow boots. Sled is covered in a grey cloth, and is being pulled by three black dogs. Artist signature in the bottom right corner.

Culture
Inuit
Made in
Holman, Northwest Territories, Canada and Ulukhaktok, Northwest Territories, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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