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Carving3528/35

Carved tupilak (tupilaq). Standing figure holding another head or mask in its hands. Main figure has a cone-shaped head with large teeth, including canines, in its open mouth, black inlaid eyes and large round nostrils. The mask face has black inlaid eyes, round nostrils and an open mouth showing only ten flat teeth, and small pointed ears.

Culture
Inuit
Material
whale tooth and baleen ?
Made in
Greenland
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Carving3528/33

Carved tupilak (tupilaq). Figure stands on three legs with the fourth leg raised. Black inlay for eyes. Carved eyelashes, flat nose with nostril holes, wide mouth with twenty teeth, tall round ears and lines showing hair on back of head that all end in a very straight line. Cream coloured outside, darker orange-brown inside. Partly hollow inner cone visible from underneath. Unsigned.

Culture
Inuit
Material
whale tooth and baleen ?
Made in
Nuuk, Greenland
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Carving3528/37

Carved tupilak (tupilaq). Skeletal type figure on all fours. It has a flipper-like hand and foot on its left side and a human-style hand and foot on the right side. The head has a long rounded snout with a small mouth slit underneath and black inlaid eyes. The skeletal body shows six layers of ribs and a long spine that ends in a small tail point. Unsigned.

Culture
Inuit
Material
whale tooth and baleen ?
Made in
Greenland
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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