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FigureNa1200

Standing stone figure wearing hooded parka with antler boots glued to legs and smaller figure in baby pouch on back, left side. Figure is leaning forward slightly with arm on right slightly extended out to side. Figure's hood is bulbous at top. Facial features include nearly oval eyes, triangular nose and straight mouth. Child has similar features and one arm is outside pouch. Two parallel u-shaped lines around bottom of pouch. Carving marks are visible on mottled stone. Some natural fissures or cracks and pits. Black patch on front.

Culture
Inuit
Material
stone and antler
Made in
Baker Lake, Nunavut, Canada and Qamanittuaq, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureNa1199 a-b

Stylized sloping antler figure (part a) held by a peg onto leaf shaped bone platform (b). Figure is long and slender with head at one end, single front limb holds up figure from peg in platform. Inset baleen eyes in curved orbits, flares out at wide nose with drilled nostrils, deep mouth above curved chin. Dense white antler on top of head, porous grey antler at face and at thinner portions of figure. There are two limbs stretched out behind extended belly. Feet rest on leaf stem. Leaf platform is long, thin and tapers on both ends. The surface is uneven. Four characters are inscribed on bottom of platform.

Culture
Inuit
Material
bone, baleen and antler
Made in
Baker Lake, Nunavut, Canada and Qamanittuaq, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureNa1198

Seated figure wearing a hooded parka. Large hood points to right. Indistinct facial features, arms form u-shape in front of figure, knee on left is bent up while right is on ground and both feet are together on left. Back has 2 u-shaped sections outlining back of parka and apron. S827-78 and several characters are incised on bottom.

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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SculptureNa1430 a-c

Dyed black stone carving of a crouching caribou being attacked by two wolves; one wolf bites the caribou's neck while perched atop its shoulders as the other wolf, caught underfoot, is bitten by the caribou in the head. Two large segments of antler protrude from the cariboiu's head. The entire sculpture is attached to a grey stone base.

Culture
Inuit
Material
pigment, caribou antler and stone
Made in
Puvirnituq, Quebec, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CarvingNa1429 a-c

Two mermaid-like ivory figures (b-c) are pegged to a flat, cross-section of antler (a). Both figures have fan-like tails, humanoid faces, crosshatched braids on back and small pectoral fins. B is lying out straight, while c has head turned and tail is on its edge.

Culture
Inuit
Material
caribou antler and walrus tusk
Made in
Nunavut, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureNa1427

Standing bear with round, inset ivory eyes and an ivory tongue extending from its straight, open mouth; flat snout with deep, round nostrils and pyramid-shaped ears on top of its head. The head runs into a relatively flat back which slopes off at the end by the triangular tail and before the short legs. Four characters are incised on the bottom.

Culture
Inuit
Material
walrus tusk and stone
Made in
Baker Lake, Nunavut, Canada ? or Qamanittuaq, Nunavut, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CarvingNa1409 a-f

Partially flensed walrus (part a) lying on back and pegged to a concave channel in platform (part b). Two birds (parts c and d) are pegged to one side of the platform. Two small animals (parts e and f) are moveable. The walrus has ribs, sternum and entrails that are partially exposed. Tusks extend out from corners of down turned mouth below flat snout. Dots for eyes and notches at nostrils. Flippers on sides and in concave shape at back below exposed pubic area. Two holes at centre back are for pegs. Platform has three straight sides and a corner missing from one side. Angled edge on short side, and in from this edge. Cross-hatched grooves on uneven surface and higher area at one corner and along opposite side. Seated bird (part c) is slightly bent over, whereas the other bird (part d) has an upright head and is darker. One animal (part e) is a quadruped with front legs stretched more than the other animal (part f) which is darker. One wooden peg is stuck on b (for a). Other pegs are removable. Resin-like adhesive and sticker on bottom.

Culture
Inuit
Material
walrus tusk and stone
Made in
Salluit, Quebec, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CarvingNa1408

Seal-man on top of rounded, sloping rock with seal on side of rock. Seal-man has human legs and an ovoid body, seal-like head and two flippers extending out in front. This figure's head is turned to the side and its right flipper touches the side of the narrower seal. The seal follows the contour of the rock and has large flippers stretched out behind ending before rock which bulges towards the back. Seal's head is slightly raised and facial features for both include oval eyes and u-shaped mouths on flat snouts. Inscription on bottom reads 'ed' and '22449' and sticker reads '4-22449.'

Culture
Inuit
Material
stone
Made in
Salluit, Quebec, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CarvingNa1407

Woman's head and shoulders with a round face, long straight nose which flares slightly at the end, oval eyes in a recess below brows, a diagonal crease across the bottom of each cheek and a straight mouth. A curved hairline and straight part are indicated. Hair is shoulder length and juts out straight across front and angles back from each shoulder to a flat back. Inscription on bottom reads 'e9991' and '90229'. A sticker reads 'f591 sug. Kalinger'. Light and darker flecked stone, some carving marks show.

Culture
Inuit
Material
stone
Made in
Salluit, Quebec, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CarvingNa1406

Standing bird-human figure with round human face, rimmed by hood and with curved ears at back, top sides of head. Wings at sides curve vertically and have a series of graduated horizontal lines indicating feathers. Square-like back with fan-like tail reaching the lighter, flat platform. Grooves in tail indicate feathers. One foot is human-like and the other is bird-like with four claws. Facial features include straight mouth, oval eyes, rounded nose, crease below cheeks and a series of vertical lines for brows. The inscription on the bottom reads 'Thomashaw Augiak 8-01345 BF 78' and a copyright symbol.

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