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Tiriganiat QrgiriagitNa848

Print with three rows of images: the top row is of two figures in profile, each holding a net and another tool, beside two igloos; the middle row is of two figures in profile, one holding a net and the other holding a pole, one igloo, and two other figures with their backs to the viewer, each holding a net and another tool; the bottom row depicts two fitures in profile, one holding a knife, and the other holding a spear (?), a figure lying on the ground with a spear, and two seals beside a hole in the ice. The name of the printmaker is printed in Inuit syllabics along with the Cape Dorset stylized red igloo seal in the lower left-hand corner. Below the image is written, "Tiriganiat Qrgiriagit Lithograph 31/50 Dorset Jamasie," and the name of the artist is written in Inuit syllabics. The Canadian Eskimo Arts Council and the Cape Dorset Cooperative blind embossed stamps are in the lower right-hand corner.

Culture
Inuit
Made in
Cape Dorset, Nunavut, Canada and Kinngait, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowA2.326

Small cable-backed bow of wood, curved in the middle with straight ends. Braided string is stretched across the bow, tied around the ends, and goes longitudinally along the other side of the bow.

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
fibre and wood
Made in
Coppermine, Nunavut, Canada and Kugluktuk, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spear PointA2.133

A relatively rounded long caribou antler piece which is slightly curved and has one edge barbed with a diagonal cut at one end and a point at the other end.

Culture
Inuit: Netsilingmiut
Material
caribou antler
Made in
Gjoa Haven, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spear PointA2.135

A relatively rounded long caribou antler piece which is slightly curved and has one edge barbed with a diagonal cut at one end and a point at the other end.

Culture
Inuit: Netsilingmiut
Material
caribou antler
Made in
Gjoa Haven, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HookA2.334

A large Y-shaped antler piece which curves around at the other end which has a peg near the end. Metal nails go through the cross-section near the end which splits into a Y-shape. Braided sinew is loosely wrapped around the crevasse in between the Y-shape and around the opposite curved end tip. At the end of the braided sinew, there is a rounded bone piece with a curved metal hook.

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
steel metal, caribou antler, sinew and bone
Made in
Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ToolA2.417

A relatively flat circular shaped stone with a red-bronze-coloured sheen.

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
stone
Made in
Coppermine, Nunavut, Canada and Kugluktuk, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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WhipA2.475

A yellow-brown wood stick which tapers to a smaller point where the long skin band is attached with string wrapped around it. The long skin band coils down around the stick.

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
wood and leather skin
Made in
Coppermine, Nunavut, Canada and Kugluktuk, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Knife HandleA2.412

Brown, carved, antler handle--flat on one side, curved slightly upwards towards the end. Handle has four holes drilled through it and a rectangular cut-out on the bottom.

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
caribou antler
Made in
Coppermine, Nunavut, Canada and Kugluktuk, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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LadleA2.471

Scoop-shaped ladle made from dark brown-gold, translucent horn--wide mouth that narrows towards the back with a short, sharply upturned tab handle. Two small, circular plugs in the bowl of the scoop.

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
musk ox horn
Made in
Coppermine, Nunavut, Canada and Kugluktuk, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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LadleA2.465

Scoop-shaped ladle made from gold-brown, translucent horn--wide mouth that narrows towards the back with a pointed handle extending from the back. Inscription in pencil in the bowl of the spoon.

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
musk ox horn
Made in
Coppermine, Nunavut, Canada and Kugluktuk, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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