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FigureNa1229

Stylized standing bear, laterally compressed with head pointing up and extended out to the figure's left. Back or shoulder slopes down to the figure's right where its front paw rests on its chest, and the other paw sits slightly lower on its left hip. A rounded tail sticks out at the back at the centre of a curved area between the hind legs. The bear's paws have notches to indicate claws or fingers. Mottled green stone with black specks. Sticker reads '#391 C.D. Achlak.'

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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CarvingNa1228

Fish-shaped figure with bird head and arms stretched out in front with fingers(?) touching. Features include fluked tail, dorsal fin, round eyes and short beak. Stone is a veined and mottled green. Three syllabics inscribed on base.

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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CarvingNa1227

Double-bodied fish-like creature (they meet at each other's stomach) with two sets of oval eyes and fins. One set of three fins extends out from one side (top/bottom) and each has three ridges: two are side by side near the head, and the other is towards the tail. The flipside has four sets of fins or gills that angle out slightly to the sides, each with a central notch. Two parallel tails extend out at the back, and they each have four notches. Mottled green stone.

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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FigureNa1213

Standing bird with head turned sightly to its left. The bird has a short, curved, open beak and rimmed oval eyes. There is a short, curved, tube-like appendage on top which merges back into the bird's body. Each large foot has three claws. The bird's tail has four ridges at the bottom. The stone is a mottled grey-green.

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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CarvingNa1376

Seal lying on side with upraised head, giving birth. Smaller seal is emerging from a rimmed area on the seal in front of a ridged edged, fan-shaped tail which curves back towards the head. The seal's front flippers are similar to the tail. The seal has circle in lighter oval eyes, and upside down v-shaped mouth below whisker area. Stone is mottled with lighter patches. Sticker on bottom reads 'Jimmy Armamissa E9-962 Povungnituk'. 'Jimmy Aranamissa' is incised on the base. Sticker on back reads 'Balshine'.

Culture
Inuit
Material
stone
Made in
Puvirnituq, Quebec, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CarvingNa1375

Stylized face with wing-shape behind. Face wraps around side and has a large semi-circular mouth with large teeth above oval eyes with round centres. There is a diagonal groove on one side and a diagonal channel on the other, before the wing shape. Wing has a ridge at top then slopes down to rounded projection. Stone is mottled. 'levi ?4253' is inscribed on the bottom.

Culture
Inuit
Material
stone
Made in
Puvirnituq, Quebec, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CarvingNa1352

Stylized, bent over figure that is part bird, part seal, and part human. The head is seal-like with a small beak and oval eyes. The back has human-like legs with a tail ? or seal ? emerging between them. Three clawed forelimbs clutch a large eye just below the head, and two clawed limbs are directly behind these. Inscription on bottom reads 'peter 71403' and a sticker reads '#698'.

Culture
Inuit
Material
stone
Made in
Puvirnituq, Quebec, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureNa1273

Stylized figure, resting on arms, and with a fish-like tail. Figure's rounded head faces forward and has round, bulbous eyes; constricts before muzzle which has deep, round nostrils and a straight mouth. Arms end in mittened hands. Dorsal fin on back with five bumps and a tail with six channels. Tail rests on its edge. Mottled stone.

Culture
Inuit
Material
stone
Made in
Gjoa Haven, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CarvingNa1225

Stylized figure with fish head on one end, large triangular wing extending up from back and body with bent leg stretched out in a line with head. Head and body are squared off. Fish has large, open mouth with serrated edges. Oval eyes in slightly concave area on either side of rounded nose. Wing tapers from body to top and is relatively square on front and top, and angled along back edge to top. Seven parallel grooves along each side of edge. Body is blockish and slopes down to leg which angles up to triangular, wedge-shaped foot. Mottled green stone with chip on top, back of wing. Indistinct characters are inscribed in bottom. Sticker reads 'jh6546i 215'.

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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CarvingNa1224

Stylized figure with long oval body, flattened along bottom and narrow in cross-section with two bird-like heads at one end. One points out from end and the other is just behind and above, and faces backwards. Bottom heads are at the end of thick, curved necks. Heads taper to blunt ends and have long straight carved lines indicating beaks and round eyes. Mottled green stone. Characters inscribed on the bottom. Sticker reads '6854'.

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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