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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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FigureNa1223

Stylized bird with one-piece, leaf-shaped wings straight up in air. Beveled channel along long axis of wings. Head is to one side with short beak and oval eyes. 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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FigureNa1222

Stylized standing figure carved from mottled green stone; narrow in frontal view, profile shows large rounded stomach and curved wing-tail, reminiscent of coat tails, above curved leg ending in foot which curves up at front. Eagle-like head, flat on top, crooked beak and protruding eye on either side.

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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FigureNa1221

Stylized figure with head bent over and almost touching the ground between wide clawed feet. Claws are indicated by four v-shaped notches on each foot. Short, straight tail at back between feet, body is curved with flattened areas below rounded back. Facial features included a tapering snout, large oval eyes with central dot, oval nostrils at end of snout and a v-shaped mouth, underneath. Mottled green stone, lighter at feet. 'a' and another character are inscribed on bottom.

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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