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Figure3040/75

Carving of a walrus torso. Walrus has flippers outstretched. Eyes, nostrils and holes for tusks are drilled. Mouth is incised. There is a drilled hole that runs through the piece from the right shoulder to the base.

Culture
Inuit
Material
stone
Made in
Pangnirtung, Nunavut, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure3040/74

Carving of a seal head. Seal is looking forward as if looking out of a seal hole or poking its head above water. Eyes have been drilled, as have nostrils (which are not parallel). Mouth has been incised. Fore flippers are indicated by a light indentation.

Culture
Inuit
Material
stone
Made in
Pangnirtung, Nunavut, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure3040/68

Small stone carving of a bird set onto a section of cut walrus tusk.

Culture
Inuit
Material
walrus tusk and stone
Made in
Pangnirtung, Nunavut, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Carving3040/67 a-d

A stone base carved to represent an ice floe with four walrus carvings - one juvenile and three adults with tusks. One walrus is attached to the floe base (part a) while three are detached (parts b-d). Each detached walrus has a peg in the bottom to set it into a hole on the base. Whiskers and facial features are drawn on by pen. Stone base has semi-circular notches cut out of each side and a decorative incised border.

Culture
Inuit
Material
walrus tusk, stone and ink
Made in
Pangnirtung, Nunavut, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure3040/56

Carving of the torso of a seal. Seal is in the act of pulling itself out of a hole in the ice. All we see are the seal's fore flippers and head. Eyes and nostrils have been created by drilling holes and the mouth has been incised. A series of short parallel lines are incised along one edge of the bottom of the figure, along with an incised circle in the centre.

Culture
Inuit
Material
stone
Made in
Pangnirtung, Nunavut, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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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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Model Harpoon3040/35 a-c

Model harpoon (part a). Shaft is made of wood, foreshaft of walrus tusk, and ice pick of walrus tusk. Thumb rest is made of walrus tusk and attached by sinew. There are two small pieces of narwhal tusk (parts b and c) that act as rests for the harpoon.

Culture
Inuit
Material
wood, narwhal tusk, sinew and walrus tusk
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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Figure3040/7 a-b

Wooden rectangle with a hole in it (part a), and a seal carved in walrus tusk (part b). The seal is positioned as if about to slide from the ice (the wood) into its breathing hole. There are two holes in the base of the seal that attach to two tusk pegs in the wooden base.

Culture
Inuit
Material
wood, baleen ? and walrus tusk
Made in
Pangnirtung, Nunavut, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model Leister3040/2

Model leister (kakivak). It has a wooden shaft, a central prong and two side prongs. Prong joint is wrapped in thick black thread.

Culture
Inuit
Material
wood, cotton fibre and walrus tusk
Made in
Pangnirtung, Nunavut, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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