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Figure2912/16 a-b

Small carving of a polar bear and seal (part a). The bear stands on four legs in a wide stance, with a small carved tail at back, protruding ears atop the head, and engraved eyes and mouth on its face. The bear is consuming the seal, whose head disappears into the bear’s open mouth. The seal has two protruding fore flippers and one extended rear flipper. The other rear flipper is missing. A short wooden dowel is inserted into the stomach and held by adhesive, behind a small bored hole. Two black dots are painted on the stomach near the dowel. The stand (part b) is thin and flat, curves slightly to the left, and is also made of tusk. Through one end are bored two holes, one of which has been filled with adhesive and the other of which fits the wooden dowel of the seal. On the top near the centre, four dents have been carved to hold the feet of the bear. Adhesive fills the back two.

Culture
Inuit
Material
tusk and adhesive
Made in
Lake Harbour, Nunavut, Canada and Kimmirut, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model Harpoon2912/1 a-b

Model harpoon made of wood and tusk. A long thin wooden piece (part a) is topped by a small cube of tusk embedded in the wood. The tusk is ‘T’ shaped, and has a shallow hollow carved into its top. Just below, two hide thongs enter and exit the wood through small bored holes. A small piece of tusk protrudes from the wooden shaft at the top centre of the object. The accompanying piece (part b) is a thin needle shaped piece of tusk, slightly curved, tapered at the tip, with two holes bored through the top.

Culture
Inuit
Material
wood, tusk and skin
Made in
Lake Harbour, Nunavut, Canada and Kimmirut, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure2912/28

Small carving of a seal. The animal has one wide flipper extended at the back and two faintly carved front flippers at the sides. The body is thick and rounded, and has a hole bored into the stomach, possibly for insertion of a small dowel. The head of the figure is small and has eyes, nostrils and mouth painted on in black.

Culture
Inuit
Material
tusk and paint
Made in
Lake Harbour, Nunavut, Canada and Kimmirut, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure2912/24

Small carving of a seal. The animal has two flippers extended at the back, with a small trianglular tail carved between them. At front, the seal rests on two protruding flippers at chest level. The body is thick and rounded, flat on the ventral surface. The head has eyes and nose lightly carved and darkened with brown.

Culture
Inuit
Material
tusk and paint
Made in
Lake Harbour, Nunavut, Canada and Kimmirut, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure2912/20

Small carving of a seal. The animal has two flippers extended at the back, and two tucked close to the body on the ventral side nearer the front. The body is thick and rounded, and shows encircling construction ridges. The head is small, with nose, mouth, eyes and ears carved into the tusk and emphasized in brown. A light brown strip of the tusk’s dentine, rough in texture, runs the length of the figure from nose to rear.

Culture
Inuit
Material
tusk and paint
Made in
Lake Harbour, Nunavut, Canada and Kimmirut, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure2912/19

Small carving of a bird. Wings are tucked back and delineated by a carved line around the lower body. The base of the bird is flat with two small feet protruding out at the bottom front. The neck is long and head is small, with a pointed beak and no defined features.

Culture
Inuit
Material
tusk
Made in
Lake Harbour, Nunavut, Canada and Kimmirut, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Point2912/14

Stone projectile point, triangular in shape. The base is wide with rounded corners. Straight sides taper toward a narrow point. In profile, the object is slightly convex on both top and bottom. Dorsal and ventral sides each have two ridges running from the bottom corners to meet at the top. Many diagonal scratches can be seen on both surfaces. The point of the object is somewhat blunt, but the sides and particularly the bottom have been slightly flaked to sharpen.

Culture
Inuit
Material
stone
Made in
Lake Harbour, Nunavut, Canada and Kimmirut, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tool2912/13

Small scraper-like tool with a wide blade of thin curved metal. The blade wraps partially around a handle of wood and is attached to it by nails. The front of the blade flares slightly up and out. The handle is short and thick with a curved and thicker butt end. A long crack in one side of the wood has been repaired by a nail.

Culture
Inuit
Material
wood and metal
Made in
Lake Harbour, Nunavut, Canada and Kimmirut, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tool2912/11

Small blade attached to an antler haft. The blade is leaf shaped, with a wide shoulder that tapers to a point. It is inserted two centimetres down into the haft and secured there by a metal nail. The haft is pointed at top with rounded shoulders and a cleaved base. On the ventral side a large hole is bored horizontally through at the centre point and a hollow has been dug out at the base above the cleaved bottom.

Culture
Inuit
Material
antler and metal
Made in
Lake Harbour, Nunavut, Canada and Kimmirut, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Knife2912/9

Small knife. The metal blade has a sharpened cutting edge and point and a thick spine. It is attached to a wooden handle with wrapped sinew, adhesive and a nail. The handle is long with a curved butt.

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