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FigureNa1236

Half-human, half-fish lying on side with head propped up with one arm. The other arm lies from top across torso. Body is long and slender in cross-section, raising and constricting before tail fluke. Fluke is concave along end. Irregular shaped head with indistinct features. Mottled stone has a series of longitudinal white fissures.

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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CarvingNa1235

Standing bird with short wing on one side and an outstretched mittened arm on the other. Head is flat on top with short, curved beak and oval eyes with round centres. Body and legs are squat, plump and rounded. Four-clawed, widely spaced feet. Wing edge is denticulated. Three characters are incised on the bottom. Mottled green stone is highly polished.

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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FigureNa1234

Stylized bird on back or behind head of owl-like bird with large round incised eyes on either side of a small hooked beak and small, round, indistinct mouth. Head is roughly a rounded square. Second bird is behind with head above. It has a tapering, pointed beak and oval eyes. Curved lines indicate wings on either side. A series of roughly parallel vertical lines at back, bottom indicate tail. Deeply notched line on either side divides tail from wings. One side bulges out, the other side has an arm-like section with hand or paw, behind owl-like bird's left eye. Mottled green stone with yellow-green areas on back.

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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FigureNa1233

Plump seal resting on its right-hand flipper. Its head is rounded with widely spaced oval eyes and a slightly upturned snout. It has a downturned v-shaped mouth and angled nostril lines. The figure's top flipper is slightly curved and notched along one edge to indicate the digits. Its fan-shaped tail has four v-shaped channels, longer on top than at the bottom. The figure is made of dark green-grey stone with black patches. Characters are inscribed on the bottom. A sticker on the bottom reads '115'.

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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PendantNa1230

Oval face with pointed chin, flat on back with double hole on back for hanging. Long, sculptured nose in highest relief. Protruding lips, brow line, and cheeks are in slightly lower relief. Oval eyes with incised, round centres. Mottled green stone is lighter along centre in areas of highest relief. Syllabics incised on back (KU-PA-PI).

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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FigureNa1226

Wolf squatting on a roughly textured platform as if howling. Carved from a single piece of mottled grey-green stone. Overall shape of figure is triangular-shaped with the line of the back extending down through the tail which is connected to the back of the platform. The head points upwards and tapers to a flat snout with nostrils on either side of a central line and underneath. Oval incised eyes in front of triangular ears. Forelimbs are connected to either side of platform and follow curve from neck. Paws are notched. Hind limbs are bent. Front and back limb join on one side about halfway down.

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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CarvingNa1361

Upper body of a stylized four-armed creature holding a smaller, two-armed one in its arms. Three of the creature's arms end in three claws with lighter grey horizontal stripes on each digit. It has three right arms and one left. The fourth arm is along the bottom and is the same as the others, except without the stripes. Face is broad with part and hairline indicated, oval in broad lighter oval eyes, very broad nose with lighter triangular nostrils and a lighter, slightly downturned mouth. The smaller creature has arms like the larger one except without stripes, and is holding onto the larger figure's arm. Its face is upside down and is similar to the larger one except no hair part is shown. The figure is leaning backwards. '71260 lean' is inscribed on the bottom. Sticker reads '#527'.

Culture
Inuit
Material
stone
Made in
Puvirnituq, Quebec, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureNa1203

Solid, virtually legless form with the general outline of a musk ox with humanoid features. Pronounced hump on back. Head is an ovoid protuberance below hump with oval eyes, straight nose and curved mouth. Mottled stone shows faint carving marks, natural pits and fissures overall.

Culture
Inuit
Material
stone
Made in
Baker Lake, Nunavut, Canada and Qamanittuaq, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CarvingNa1202

Stylized human figure with bear heads for arms and short widely spaced legs. Figure wears a parka with u-shaped hood on back above u-shaped parka tail. Parka is u-shaped at front. Head of figure has hair indicated by incised, somewhat irregular lines. Facial features include oval eyes, straight mouth and slightly raised straight nose. Bear heads taper to flat snouts with ears at top, oval eyes, and notched nostrils and straight mouth across snout. Head on left is wider across snout than the other. Carving marks are visible overall.

Culture
Inuit
Material
stone
Made in
Baker Lake, Nunavut, Canada and Qamanittuaq, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureNa1201

Torso, hooded head, and arms. Arm on left ends in mittened upraised hand, arm is bent at ninety degrees from elbow. Arm on right is down and slightly out from side. This hand is indistinct. Hood is wedge-shaped and the front plane is angled at forty-five degrees. The hood is rounded at top and extends high above face. Face is carved in fairly high relief with sunken close-set eyes in oval sockets, sharp triangular nose, and tongue sticking out from mouth above pointed chin. Carving marks show overall. Four syllabic characters and 4687, incised on base.

Culture
Inuit
Material
stone
Made in
Baker Lake, Nunavut, Canada and Qamanittuaq, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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