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Figure3040/47

Carving of a hunter holding a rifle. The rifle is carved from a separate piece of tusk. Man has his right foot in front of his left foot in the act of walking. The man is glued to a stone.

Culture
Inuit
Material
adhesive, walrus tusk and stone
Made in
Pangnirtung, Nunavut, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Carving3040/23 a-b

Rectangular piece of stone onto which has been glued a carving of a snow house with an entrance porch. Beside the house is a dog (part b - previously glued on, no longer attached) with its tail curled onto its back. Incised into the rectangular base is 'Arctic Bay 1951'.

Culture
Inuit
Material
adhesive and stone
Made in
Arctic Bay, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Carving3040/1

Carving of a tree with six branches. There are a number of leaves as well as two small birds sitting on two different branches. There is a dog, or fox, with its front paws on the trunk peering up at the birds. The animal has black inset eyes. Sitting on the base is a stone bird. The base of the sculpture is made of wood.

Culture
Inuit
Material
wood, stone, baleen ? and narwhal tusk
Made in
Pangnirtung, Nunavut, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Inkstone3065/16

Inkstone carved from a single piece of speckled yellow and brown stone. Object is rectangular, with four low square feet carved on each bottom corner. Top front has a round shallow well, behind which lay two lions(?), with their bodies facing away from well, heads turned to look back over their shoulders. A second hollow has been carved between their tails. Remnants of decorative lines surround the inkwell area, and nearly invisible incised designs decorate all four edges.

Culture
Chinese
Material
granite stone ?
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bi Disk3065/14

Large bi-disk. Disk is thin and flat, with a sustained thickness of material throughout. It is circular but for a large chip out of one side. A large round hole has been carved out of the centre. The disk is undecorated. Its colour is mottled light and medium grey with veins and specks of dark grey.

Culture
Chinese
Material
limestone stone ?
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Eccentric Flint with Human Faces56.190.1

By exchange

Culture
Maya
Material
stone
Holding Institution
Brooklyn Museum
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Polishing Stone34.5506.21

Alfred W. Jenkins Fund

Material
stone
Holding Institution
Brooklyn Museum
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Model Totem Pole3079/1

Small argillite pole with carved animal figures and human faces. At the base is Bear Mother with twin cubs. The bear has an open mouth and tongue out, clutching two inverted cub faces in its outstretched paws. Above is a killer whale, facing downward, with its tailfins curling back over the top of pole. The back of the pole is smooth and concave. The base is a square of thin argillite.

Culture
Haida
Material
argillite stone
Made in
Skidegate, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Carving3064/1

Carving in green mottled stone of a seal flipper bag. Carving imitates a skin bag, leaning back in a slumped fashion, with a flat bottom. Bag is depicted closed with a drawstring at top, a looped handle standing above this. The lines of a seal’s flipper are carved into the bottom front.

Culture
Inuit
Material
stone
Made in
Cape Dorset, Nunavut, Canada and Kinngait, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pipe3058/5 a-b

Pipe. Head (part a) is carved from soapstone, with an octagonal chamber, and a thin ring of brass at base of shank. The stem (part b) is made from smooth, red brown wood, with a flattened lip and bit, rounding through the mid-point. Tenon is black.

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
soapstone stone, wood and brass metal
Made in
Coppermine, Nunavut, Canada and Kugluktuk, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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