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Pouch60.1/5191

THIS EXTRAORDINARY PARADISE: LIVING IN NORTHWEST GREENLAND (THE PEARY-MACMILLAN ARCTIC MUSEUM, BOWDOIN COLLEGE, BRUNSWICK, ME, USA, 2005)

Culture
Eskimo: Polar
Material
bird foot skin, claw, sinew and hide
Made in
Smith Sound, Greenland
Holding Institution
American Museum of Natural History
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BagA2.120

Rounded, pouch-like bag made from a bird's feet; claws still attached.

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
bird foot
Made in
Coppermine, Nunavut, Canada and Kugluktuk, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure3321/14

Nkisi figure made of wood. Figure stands on a round platform with knees slightly bent. The arms are bent at the elbows, with both hands placed on a protruding abdomen with an empty hollowed-out space at centre. Each elbow is wrapped, and the right wrap contains a bird foot. The skullcap is raised, with a single horn mounted to the crown. The eyes are narrow slits, with wooden pupils, and the open rectangular mouth has four wooden teeth. Hanging from the pointed chin is a strip of reddish-brown hide. The long neck, waist and ankles are all wrapped and coloured a reddish-orange. The body is heavily decorated, notably on the face and chest.

Culture
Songye
Material
wood, bird foot, skin, clay ? and pigment ?
Made in
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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