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Hunter Figure3528/9

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.

Culture
Inuit
Material
stone and bone ?
Made in
Clyde River, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Carving3528/8

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.

Culture
Inuit
Material
stone
Made in
Repulse Bay, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Carving3528/4 a-h

Large slab of aged, brown whale bone (part a) used as a base for a hunting scene. A carved stone hunter (part b) stands in a partial crouch at one end, holding a bow and arrow made of antler and sinew, pointed toward a stone caribou (parts c-f) at the other end. The caribou has its legs folded, and has an arrow sticking out of a hole in its side, as well as removable antlers on top of its head. Both stone carvings are positioned on the whale bone base by small pegs (parts g-h); the peg holes are in the man's right foot, and the stomach of the animal. Unsigned.

Culture
Inuit
Material
whale bone, stone, antler, sinew, bone ? and adhesive
Made in
Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mother Figure3528/2

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.

Culture
Inuit
Material
stone
Made in
Repulse Bay, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Narwhal Figure3528/18 a-c

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.

Culture
Inuit
Material
stone and bone ?
Made in
Resolute, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dog Team Carving3528/10 a-f

Carvings of a man with a sled and 5 dogs, all in grey stone. The man (part a) is carved in a seated position, holding a hide whip that is attached to a bone(?) handle, inserted into his hand. The stone sled (part b) is flat with two runners and five slats on top. There are five carved stone dogs (parts c-f). Each dog has a hide(?) harness attached (glued?) to the stone, and each harness has a thin black string tied to it with a loop at the end. Two of the dogs are tied together with the string. Syllabics on man's foot and bottom of sled.

Culture
Inuit
Material
stone, skin, fibre, bone ? and adhesive ?
Made in
Arctic Bay, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mother Figure3528/11

Stone carving of a mother and child. The woman is standing and wearing an amauti type parka with the child at her right side in the pouch. The stone is dark grey-black with reddish highlights. Syllabics inscribed on bottom of feet.

Culture
Inuit
Material
stone
Made in
Repulse Bay, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bear Ring3528/25

Ivory coloured, carved ring with a polar bear straddling the top. The ring is thinner at the bottom, widening toward the carving; one side of the band becomes the front paws of the bear, the other side the back paws; the gap between each set of legs creates a circle. Tiny black dots mark the bear's eyes and nose; small black lines highlight the claws, and there are two small indents in the ears. The bear has a wide open mouth with an oval hole and two very small holes at each side of the mouth. Unsigned.

Culture
Inuit
Material
ivory
Made in
Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Goose Figure3528/20 a-b

Stone carving of a goose on a separate antler base (part b). Goose is made of polished black stone in a resting position with its head turned back. Fours lines are carved on the back to show wings; for eyes there are small circular lines with a tiny hole indented in the centre. The goose has a hole in the bottom at centre for the stand's peg. The antler stand is a Y-shaped piece with the ends rounded off, and a wooden peg inserted at the centre. Artist name and community inscribed on bottom of goose.

Culture
Inuit
Material
stone, caribou antler and wood
Made in
Grise Fiord, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mother Figure3528/5 a-b

Whale bone carving of a woman and child. The main piece is the torso, head and raised arms of a woman, with the upper part of a child carved as if located in a hood on her back. Part b is a large separate whale bone knife that balances in her left hand. Unsigned.

Culture
Inuit
Material
whale bone
Made in
Pangnirtung, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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