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Figure3507/2

Carved tupilaq (tupilak). Standing human-like figure with a pointed head, oval-shaped eyes and black inlay pupils. Numerous deeply incised lines across face. Nose is flat with deep flaring nostrils. Figure has wide open mouth, full of square teeth. Circular gaps between teeth and edges of mouth. Chin juts out. Long arms are leaning onto a square-shaped face with similar features. Figure’s legs and the head form base of sculpture. Vertical lines incised along hand edges, imitating fingers. Label adhered to back of figure.

Culture
Inuit
Material
whale tooth
Made in
Greenland
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure3507/3

Carved tupilaq (tupilak). Cone-like sculpture with a human-like face overtop of a walrus-like head. Legs of human and tusks of walrus form base. Human has circular eyes, with black inlay, and deep circular nostrils. Has a wide open mouth, full of square teeth. Sets of three incised lines across cheeks, nose, and overtop eyes, imitating eyebrows. Curved depression divides the two faces. Walrus has circular eyes, with black inlay, and small nostrils drilled into surface. Incised horizontal lines between eyes, two sets of diagonal lines extending from corners of eyes. Semi-circular line between nostrils and eyes, outlining snout. Small depression between nostrils. Entire back surface of sculpture is flat. Interior is hollow.

Culture
Inuit
Material
whale tooth
Made in
Greenland
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure3507/1

Carved tupilaq (tupilak). Hunched human-like figure has pointed head with partially closed, circular eyes and black inlay pupils. Curved incised lines over eyes, imitating eyebrows. Nose done in relief with deep flaring nostrils. Figure has wide open mouth, full of square teeth. Chin juts out. Long arms and bent legs form base. Vertical lines incised along hand edges, imitating fingers. Head and chest are hollow. Label adhered to lower back.

Culture
Inuit
Material
whale tooth
Made in
Greenland
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure3507/5

Black stone carving of male figure, leaning forward and doing a task. He has oval-shaped eyes, wide nose, incised eyebrows and frowning mouth. Man has an etched bushy moustache. Wavy lines incised into forehead, imitating wrinkles. Chin juts out. Wrapping covering sides and back of head carved in relief. He is wearing a parka, with the hood down, pants and tall boots. Line decorations incised into parka cuffs, and along fronts of boots. Man is holding a rectangular object, with triangular cutout along back, in his left hand. Right hand is not visible. Left foot is resting flat, right is partially raised. Figure is standing on an uneven triangular base. Artist signature and other inscriptions on base.

Culture
Inuit
Material
stone
Made in
Nunavik, Quebec, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure3507/4

Black stone carving of male figure. Face is tilted upward. Head slopes into a roughly shaped, triangular body. Male has circular eyes, a long wide nose, and smiling mouth. Two small nostrils are indented along bottom edge of nose. Mouth is incised, rest of facial features done in relief. Two rounded hands extend from either side of the body. Vertical lines incised along hand edges, imitating fingers. Base is flat.

Culture
Inuit
Material
stone
Made in
Broughton Island, Nunavut, Canada and Qikiqtarjuaq, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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