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FigureNa1212

Stylized standing figure with bear-like body, wide notched feet, a caribou-like head with wide flat oval ears, and arms with flipper-like hands holding a ball-like object behind its head. Mottled stone with lighter near-vertical striations, especially across the 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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CarvingNa1211

Seated, part bird and part human figure with beak turned to side and pointing up. Legs are bent to the figure's left. One wing touches foot on one side, the other is down at the side and curves around to centre back. Both taper towards the end from rounded shoulders. The bird's head tapers to the end of its beak, and the oval eyes on sides have remnants of brown pigment (?). A row of characters are inscribed on the bottom. The stone has darker and lighter flecks of green.

Culture
Inuit
Material
pigment ? and stone
Made in
Cape Dorset, Nunavut, Canada and Kinngait, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureNa1210 a-c

Standing walrus figure in green stone (part a). His head is raised and two tusks (parts b,c) extend out from the corners of the creature's downturned mouth. Holes in the nose indicate nostrils, and whiskers are incised on the snout. The figure's round eyes are set back on its head. The feet (flippers) are deeply notched. Mottled stone is darker across back.

Culture
Inuit
Material
walrus tusk and stone
Made in
Cape Dorset, Nunavut, Canada and Kinngait, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CarvingNa1373

Bird-like creature with bent wings and crustacean-like legs, all oriented towards its left side. The eyes are round and bulging, wide, downturned mouth and three-pronged nose. The base is an unpolished lighter grey. There are scratches at the front, centre. '1-71393' 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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SculptureNa1372

Standing hunter holds an upside down seal by one hand and a second seal is strapped to his back. He has a short cap of ribbed hair, and his parka hood is down at the back. Straps cross his chest and back from twin rectangular pouches and are also around seal. There is a remnant of a hole in his broken hand. 'Joe' 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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CarvingNa1371

Stylized fish-like creature facing upwards with sloping feet-like base. Four concave, diagonal channels across the back. Upright portion or bottom of the fish is flat. Face at the top includes circle in oval eyes and a wide, u-shaped mouth with upturned corners. Inscriptions on the bottom reads '11a02877', '82', a copyright mark and a series of characters.

Culture
Inuit
Material
stone
Made in
Puvirnituq, Quebec, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CarvingNa1370

Stylized composition with central ridge, higher at end with face than at end with a four digit paw or foot, and ribbed, fan-shaped tail. Head has an upside down u-shaped mouth, a small circle in oval eye on one side, and a similar eye on a tubular projection on the other side. Inscription on the bottom has a copyright symbol and '789 Levi Smith f-63748'.

Culture
Inuit
Material
stone
Made in
Puvirnituq, Quebec, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CarvingNa1369

Stylized creature with elongated, flattened seal-like head at top and two curved, diagonal, concave channels on either side with a v-shapes on rounded ends which meet at the front. Large circle in oval eyes and three diagonal channels across the back. '00633', '78' and a copyright symbol are inscribed on the bottom.

Culture
Inuit
Material
stone
Made in
Puvirnituq, Quebec, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CarvingNa1368

Basically triangular creature with two closely spaced oval eyes on one end. Ridge above eyes then a curved slope down to v-shaped groove at bottom. Second v-shaped groove on opposite side. All sides have concave areas. Characters and '48812' are inscribed on bottom.

Culture
Inuit
Material
stone
Made in
Puvirnituq, Quebec, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CarvingNa1343

Large female head, horizontally aligned with a smaller, horizontally aligned male (?) head on the opposite side. The larger head is surrounded by a parka-like hood. The facial plane slopes back and there is a hand at the top emerging from the hood and resting on her cheek. V-shaped hairline and numerous v-shaped tattoo lines from chin to below eyes. Broad nose nostrils is also tattooed. Four vertical lines on forehead. Circle in oval eyes and tongue extends from wide mouth slit. Smaller head has asymmetrical hairline, circle in oval eyes, large nose with broad nostrils, a sharply downturned mouth, and possibly a moustache. Carving marks show faintly overall. Oblong base has disc number E9-1456 inscribed. Four pieces of worn green felt on bottom.

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